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International Law
The Canadian province, Nova Scotia, amended a custody act giving grandparents new rights effective September 1, 2014, reports Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Previously under the Maintenance and Custody Act if grandparents sought access to their grandchildren […]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allegedly covered up findings about a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism, which senior scientist, William W. Thompson, unknowingly revealed in a recently […]
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International Law
The Jakarta Post reports that one current student and four recent law school graduates are contesting the definition of a legitimate marriage as specified in Indonesia’s Marriage Law. The five petitioners filed a judicial review […]
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According to the 2013 Thai Foreign Business Act Amendment, foreigners and foreign majority owned companies can now operate certain formerly prohibited businesses in Thailand without a special foreign business licenses. The business activities specified in […]
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Myanmar’s real estate industry is booming, but concerns over money laundering have prompted authorities to investigate the source of funds being used to make land and property purchases, reports The Nation. According to Aye Lwin, […]
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After a police raid in Lat Phrao revealed at least nine surrogacy babies fathered by the same man, some officials fear stem cell production as one possibility of the “surrogacy baby factory”, reports The Nation. […]
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International Law
A man filed for divorce in Mumbai, India on the grounds that his wife was “aggressive and autocratic with an insatiable appetite for sex,” reports The Times of India. After the wife did not appear in […]
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Thailand’s Department of National Parks, with the help of marines from the Royal Thai Navy and local police, initiated a large scale investigation of alleged forged or improperly issued title deeds in Koh Chang on […]
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Human Rights Law
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The United States’ Government Accountability Office ruled that the Department of Defense illegally exchanged five Taliban detainees for U.S. soldier and prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl, because it did not lawfully inform Congress of the […]
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Firstpost.com reports the father of baby Gammy and his twin sister, who were both born in Thailand by a surrogate, is being investigated by Australian authorities due to his former pedophile convictions. The Australian man […]
