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Gambling business in the Russian Federation has been officially banned since July 1, 2009. In Ukraine, the date of a similar ban occurred a few weeks earlier. This event was preceded by a fire in a…
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Leader of the Norwegian liberal party Venstre, Trine Skei Grande, called for a revision of state policy towards foreign prisoners who consider it a blessing to serve time in the prosperous…
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The misadventures of the Rantala family are strikingly different from other international family scandals of late: there is no conflict between parents who would dispute each other's rights to the…
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered the Cypriot authorities to pay Russian citizen Nikolay Rantsev €40,000 for the death of his daughter, a victim of human trafficking. In March…
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The 'golden age' of piracy is considered to be the 16th-17th centuries, after which the problem began to fade away. And the decline of 'classical pirates' and the resurgence of 'new piracy' is linked…
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In recent years, piracy has attracted significant attention. The scale of modern piracy is staggering, and it is only the tip of the iceberg – many attacks by sea robbers of the third millennium go…
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As previously reported, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) developed rules allowing customs and immigration officers to seize laptops and other electronic devices from all entering the…
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The High Court of London refused to review the case of Gary McKinnon, who hacked Pentagon and NASA computers, and upheld the earlier decision to extradite him to the United States. The court decided…
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President Barack Obama in early June proposed Sonia Sotomayor for the position of a member of the US Supreme Court. If Sotomayor's candidacy is confirmed by the Senate, she will become the first…
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It's no secret that notarization serves as a guarantee of the legitimacy of property transactions, a guarantee of compliance with agreements, etc. How to correctly find exactly 'your' notary?
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The third world war has begun. But this is not a war between countries for world domination. It's simply the world dividing into people who smoke and people who don't. Previously, the world was under…
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In mid-June, the UN Security Council voted to declare war on Somali pirates. According to Itogi, all countries whose ships or citizens have fallen into the hands of modern freebooters are allowed to…