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Germany starts enforcing hate speech law

Germanyissettostartenforcingalawthatdemandssocialmediasitesmovequicklytoremovehatespeech,fakenewsandillegalmaterial.Sitesthatdonotremove"obviouslyillegal"postsc

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Soil pollution, taxes on China's legislative agenda

ThestandingcommitteeofChina'stoplegislature,NationalPeople'sCongress,conveneditsbi-monthlysessiononThursday.Legislatorswillcontinuetoreviewdraftsoflawsonsupervi

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Myanmar introduces new companies law to attract foreign investment

MyanmarauthoritieswillenforceanewCompaniesLawfromAug.1nextyear,aimingatattractingmoreforeigninvestment,accordingtolocalauthorities.Pavingwayformoreforeigninvest

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Philippine Congress approves one-year extension of martial law in south

ThePhilippineCongressapprovedPhilippinePresidentRodrigoDuterte'srequestonWednesdaytoextendthemartiallawinMindanaoforanotheryearto"quellcompletely"theterroristan

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Duterte asks to extend martial law in S.Philippines for another year

PhilippinePresidentRodrigoDuterteformallyrequestedthecongressonMondaytoextendmartiallawintheentireMindanaountilDec.31,2018toquellthethreatofIslamistterrorismint

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Duterte to ask Congress to extend martial law in S.Philippines

PhilippinePresidentRodrigoDutertewillasktheCongressforaone-yearextensionofmartiallawinthesouthernPhilippineMindanaoisland,hisallyintheHouseofRepresentativessaid

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UK police to lose phone and web data search authorization powers

Seniorpoliceofficersaretolosethepowertoself-authoriseaccesstopersonalphoneandwebbrowsingrecordsunderaseriesoflatechangestothesnooper’scharterlawproposedbyminist

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Mayor signs repeal of New York dancing ban

NewYork'smayoronMondaysignedintolawtherepealofa91-year-oldpieceoflegislationthathadtechnicallybanneddancinginthousandsofbars,clubsandrestaurantsinthecity.Thecit

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Turkish marriage law a blow to women's rights, say activists

ActivistsandoppositionpoliticiansinTurkeyhaveroundedonalawthatallowsMuslimclericstoconductcivilmarriages,describingitasablowtowomen’srightsandsecularismandparto

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How cops could get your data without unlocking your phone

Appleonceagainisfindingitselfatthecenterofadebatearoundlawenforcementandencryption.OnThursday,DeputyAttorneyGeneralRodRosensteincitedtherecentTexasmassshootinga

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China's top legislature closes bi-monthly session

TheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC)closeditsbi-monthlysessionSaturday,adoptinganewlawonpubliclibraries,revisionstoseverallaws,anddecisionsonr

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New York dancing ban on verge of getting overturned

Haveyoueverwonderedifit'sillegalforcrowdstodanceinbars,clubsandrestaurantsintheBigApple?Itcanbe-butthingsareabouttochange,asNewYorkcampaignersarefinallyinsighto

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Encryption blocks FBI out of 7,000 devices

TheFBIcouldn’taccessnearly7,000devicesinlessthanayearbecauseofencryption,FBIDirectorChristopherWraysaidSunday,turninguptheheatonadebatebetweentechnologycompanie

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Gun laws that cost millions had little effect, for they weren't enforced

InColoradoandWashingtonstate,advocatesspentmillionsofdollars,andtwoColoradoDemocratslosttheirseats,intheefforttopasslawsrequiringcriminalbackgroundchecksonevery

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Thailand: Newly amended law bans foreigners from using,owning guns

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Oct.12(APD)--TheNationalLegislativeAssembly(NLA)ofThailandThursdaypassedtheamendmentstothe1947Weapon,Firearm,ExplosiveandFireworkAc

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Eight arrested during Paris anti-labor law rally

Anti-riotpolicearrestedeightpeopleonTuesdayafterviolenceeruptedatanti-laborlawdemonstrationintheFrenchcapital,Parisprefecturesaid.Clashesbrokeoutbetweenpolicean

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Sri Lanka says controversial anti-terror laws no more in use

ByAPDwriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Sept.19(APD)–SriLankaonTuesdaysaidacontroversialanti-terrorismlawisnomorebeingusedandwillbereplacedsoon.Duringandaftera30-yearwarbetw