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		<title>US Supreme Court: Bilski v. Kappos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the case of Bilski versus Kappos, the US Supreme Court upheld earlier judgements that a system of hedging risk should not be granted a patent. The Federal Court was judged to have erred in concluding that the &#8220;machine-or-transformation test&#8221; is the exclusive test for a patentable process. The Supreme Court decided that the claim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: Wiradjuri Native Title Claim in New South Wales</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australians have until 29th September 2010 to lodge an interest in the Wiradjuri native title claim near Dubbo in New South Wales. The area of the claim includes the towns of Wellington, Mudgee and Orange. See the map below for an outline. Existing interests such as leases, licences or permits are protected, but the National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN Court Upholds Balkan War Crime Convictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 11:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bosnia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Johan Tarčulovski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ljube Boškoski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 19th May 2010, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the conviction of Johan Tarčulovski for overseeing the ransacking of Ljuboten in 2001. Tarčulovski was a policeman at the time. He was accused of &#8220;ordering, planning and instigating the murder of three ethnic Albanian civilians, wanton destruction of twelve houses or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Court Bans Facebook</title>
		<link>http://theglobalherald.com/pakistan-court-bans-facebook/3751/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A judgement in the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, from Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry has resulted in the Pakistani department of telecommunications being ordered to block social networking website, Facebook, after &#8220;un-islamic&#8221; and &#8220;blasphemous&#8221; images featuring the prophet Muhammad were allowed to remain on the site. The judgement means that the entire Facebook website will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Supreme Court Ruling: ZN (Afghanistan) (FC) and others (Appellants) v Entry Clearance Officer (Karachi) (Respondent) and one other action</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZN (Afghanistan) (FC) and others (Appellants) v Entry Clearance Officer (Karachi) (Respondent) and one other action raised the question of which immigration rules apply to family members seeking entry to the United Kingdom, where the sponsor has been granted asylum and consequently obtained British Citizenship. Spouses and children of refugees who have been granted asylum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Supreme Court: Hui v. Castaneda</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 23:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the case of a man detained by US immigration who was denied medical treatment and subsequently died of cancer, the claims to immunity of the United States Public Health Service have been tested, but upheld by the US Supreme Court. This judgment was given on May 3, 2010: While detained by immigration authorities, Francisco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India Supreme Court: RELIANCE NATURAL RESOURCES LTD. Vs. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD.</title>
		<link>http://theglobalherald.com/india-supreme-court-reliance-natural-resources-ltd-vs-reliance-industries-ltd/3260/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 13:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anil Ambani]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of the richest people in the world, brothers Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries (RIL) and Anil Ambani of Reliance Natural Resources (RNRL) took a disagreement over gas supply to the Indian Supreme Court. The judgement was delivered on Friday 7th May 2010, with far-reaching consequences for energy supply in India and the share price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Supreme Court: Farstad Supply AS (Appellant) v Enviroco Limited and another (Respondent) (Scotland)</title>
		<link>http://theglobalherald.com/uk-supreme-court-farstad-supply-as-appellant-v-enviroco-limited-and-another-respondent-scotland/2864/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enviroco is  not entitled to a contribution from Asco. Farstad Supply AS (‘Farstad’) owned an oil rig supply vessel which was damaged by fire while berthed in harbour on 7 July 2002. At the time of the fire, the third party charterer, Asco UK Limited (‘Asco’), had engaged the defender, Enviroco Limited (‘Enviroco’), to clean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudan: International Criminal Court to Decide on Charging Sudanese President with Genocide</title>
		<link>http://theglobalherald.com/sudan-international-criminal-court-to-decide-on-charging-sudanese-president-with-genocide/2103/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Haywood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Kourula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, has reversed a decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber I not to issue an arrest warrant for the Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir for the charge of genocide. The standard of proof applied for the arrest warrant had been set too high, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Argentina: Supreme Court Rules it &#8220;Unconstitutional&#8221; to Punish Personal Marijuana Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a landmark decision, the Argentinian Supreme Court has ruled that it is &#8216;unconstitutional&#8217; to punish those who use the drug cannabis. The decision was reached following a case where five men were arrested in possession of marijuana cigarettes, the court ruling that &#8220;each adult is free to make lifestyle decisions without the intervention of [...]]]></description>
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