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Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong got 5 years in jail, will appeal

TheSeoulCentralDistrictCourtonFridaysentencedSamsung'sdefactoheadLeeJae-yongtofiveyearsinprisononmultiplechargesrelatedtothecorruptionscandalthatledtotheremoval

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Venezuela’s Supreme Court a target of unrest amid international calls to end turmoil

Venezuela's opposition-led congress appointed on Friday alternative judges to the country's Supreme Court, whose current pro-government members have been a bedrock of support for President Nicolas Maduro.

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Thousands protest controversial Polish court reform

TensofthousandsofprotesterstooktothestreetsacrossPolandThursdayafterlawmakersadoptedacontroversialreformoftheSupremeCourtdespitethethreatofunprecedentedEUsancti

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Fun facts you should know about Wimbledon Championships

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India's top court suspends ban on trade in cattle for slaughter

India'sSupremeCourtsuspendedonTuesdayagovernmentorderthathadbannedthetradeofcattleforslaughter,givingrelieftothemulti-billiondollarbeefandleatherindustriesthate

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Yingluck attends hearing on criminal charges in Bangkok

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) receives flowers from a supporter before attending a hearing on criminal charges stemming from her government's rice pledging scheme at the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions in Bangkok, Thailand, July 7, 2017.

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Britain's Labour Party calls on government to drop Brexit "red line"

Britain'soppositionLabourPartycalledonthegovernmenttodropits"deeplyunhelpfulredline"inBrexittalkswiththeEuropeanCourtofJustice,sayingitshouldbemoreflexibletoret

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Venezuela's Supreme Court attacked from police helicopter

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that a police helicopter had attacked the Supreme Court in the capital Caracas, but a grenade tossed at the building did not explode.

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Venezuela's Supreme Court attacked from police helicopter

Venezuela'sPresidentNicolasMadurosaidonTuesdaythatapolicehelicopterhadattackedtheSupremeCourtinthecapitalCaracas,butagrenadetossedatthebuildingdidnotexplode.Spe

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Brazil's president faces corruption charges

Brazil'sprosecutor-generalhasaccusedPresidentMichelTemerofcorruptiononMonday,Reutersnewsagencyreported.ProsecutorRodrigoJanotdeliveredthechargetotheSupremeCourt

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US Supreme Court allows Trump's revised travel ban in part

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced that it has decided to allow President Donald Trump's controversial revised travel ban to go into effect in most instances and will review it in fall.

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Trump amends travel ban date to keep legal battle alive

TheTrumpadministrationonWednesdaymovedtoamendthestartingdateofitsproposed90-daytravelbanonpeopleenteringtheUnitedStatesfromsixMuslim-majoritycountriesinabidtoke

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9 Filipinos to die in Malaysia, 13 others set free

ByAPDwriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,June9(APD)–TheMalaysianCourtofAppealshasdecidedtosetfree13FilipinosearlieraccusedofviolenceinLahadDatusomefouryearsagowhileimposing

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Australian great Margaret Court says tennis is 'full of lesbians'

AustraliangreatMargaretCourtWednesdayclaimed"tennisisfulloflesbians"andtransgenderchildrenweretheworkof"thedevil",addingfueltoasimmeringrowoverherviewsonhomosex

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Brazilian President refuses to resign despite corruption allegations

BRASILIA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Michel Temer refused to resign on Thursday despite being implicated in corruption allegations.

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Indian Supreme Court confirms death sentence of 4 convicts in Delhi gangrape case

NEW DELHI, May 5 (Xinhua) -- India's Supreme Court Friday confirmed the death sentence given to four men convicted of the brutal and fatal gangrape of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012.

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Trump urges Senate Republicans to crash Dem. resistance for Supreme Court nominee

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Senate Republicans to take the so-called "nuclear option" to prevent Democrats from using a filibuster to block his Supreme Court pick.