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Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate Muslim travel ban

PresidentDonaldTrump'sadministrationaskedtheUSSupremeCourtonThursdaytoreinstateitscontroversialbanontravelersfromsixMuslimmajoritynations,despiterepeatedsetback

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US court maintains block on Trump travel ban

AUSfederalappealscourtonThursdaydealtafreshsetbacktoPresidentDonaldTrump'scontroversialtravelban,upholdingalowercourt'sdecisiontoblockthemeasuretargetingtravele

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Park Geun-hye to attend opening of corruption trial on Tuesday

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye is expected to attend the opening hearing of her corruption trial on Tuesday.

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S. Korean president permanently removed from office as court upholds impeachment

South Korean President Park Geun-hye was permanently removed from office Friday as the constitutional court upheld the motion to impeach the scandal-hit leader.

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Mass killer Breivik loses human rights case against Norway

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik lost a human rights case on Wednesday when an appeals court overturned a lower court verdict that his near-isolation in a three-room cell was inhuman.

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Samsung Heir Arrives at Court to Avert Second Arrest Warrant

Jay Y. Lee, the de facto head of Samsung Group, arrived in a Seoul court Thursday as he seeks to avoid a second arrest warrant requested by a special prosecutor.

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How Park Geun-hye plans to outlast her enemies, beat impeachment and see out her term as South Korean president

Scandal has laid bare cosy ties between business and politics in South Korea and embroiled many of its leading companies, including Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone maker.

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Trump vows to appeal after losing case on executive order

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to appeal the ruling made by a federal appeals court to uphold a halt on his anti-immigration executive order.

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Travel ban hearing: fiery judges put lawyers on their heels

Three federal judges grilled lawyers from the Justice Department and Washington state Tuesday night as they determine whether to lift a nationwide halt against President Donald Trump's travel ban in a lawsuit brought by two states and numerous advocacy groups.

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Impeached S.Korean president plans to be interrogated by prosecutors

​Impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye has said on an Internet TV that she plans to be interrogated by an independent counsel team investigating a scandal that led to her impeachment.

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South Korea scandal: Choi and Park cases in court

The trial of Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal involving South Korea's president, has got under way.

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Trial on Park Geun-hye begins as S.Korean political scene sees shakeup

​The first trial on a parliamentary motion to impeach South Korean President Park Geun-hye ended just in nine minutes on Tuesday without Park's attendance.

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S.K. Constitutional Court to hold first preparatory hearing on Park's impeachment this week

​South Korea's Constitutional Court reviewing President Park Geun-hye's impeachment over corruption allegations said Tuesday it will hold the first preparatory hearing later this week.

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India court bans liquor shops on highways

​India's top court has ordered all liquor shops to shut down along state and national highways in an attempt to reduce drink driving and road accidents.

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Park to present her statement to Constitutional Court to rebut impeachment grounds

​President Park Geun-hye will make her case to the Consitutional Court on Friday in a written statement addressing a series of charges cited in the parliamentary impeachment motion via her legal representatives, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.

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Bangladesh rejects death sentence appeal by Islamic militants who attacked British envoy

​Bangladesh’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence handed down to a top militant and two of his followers for a 2004 attack on the British ambassador that left three people dead.

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Samsung prevails over Apple in $399 mn patent appeal

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $399 million patent infringement penalty imposed on Samsung for copying Apple's iPhone design, in a case watched for its implications for technology innovation.