NOV
27
2013

UK : Migrant benefit rules tightened By Cameron

Those who do go on to claim the benefits will now only be able to get payments for a maximum of six months. Migrants caught sleeping rough could be deported and would not be allowed to return to the UK for 12 months.

NOV
27
2013

U.S : Supreme Court to take up Obamacare contraception case

The justices agreed on Tuesday to review provisions in the Affordable Care Act requiring employers of a certain size to offer insurance coverage for birth control and other reproductive health services without a co-pay.

NOV
27
2013

Italy Senate votes on expelling Berlusconi from parliament

The vote comes a day after Berlusconi withdrew his Forza Italia party from the coalition government.

NOV
27
2013

US : Federal judge denies motion by Samsung to stay patent infringement damages trial

On November 20, Samsung asked Judge Lucy Koh to postpone recalculation of the $450 million award she vacated in March until the US Patent Office completes its investigation into the validity of Apple´s pinch-to-zoom patent.

NOV
26
2013

Russia: Putin signs law banning advertising abortions

Putin has signed the law On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Russia and on Recognizing Certain Provisions of Legislative Acts of Russia on Health Care of Russian Citizens as Void.

NOV
26
2013

Twitter sets up new tech to thwart government spying on users

The online messaging service, which began scrambling communications in 2011 using traditional HTTPS encryption, said on Friday it has added an advanced layer of protection for HTTPS known as "forward secrecy."

NOV
26
2013

Egypt to delay constitutional referendum by one month

Egypt has faced political unrest since the Egyptian Revolution began over two years ago.

NOV
25
2013

Rights groups urge UN to adopt resolution against unlawful surveillance

The resolution was introduced and co-sponsored by Brazil and Germany, and despite reports of dilution of terms at the request of the US, the final draft of the resolution retained provisions declaring that a right to privacy is equally protective regardless of citizenship.

NOV
25
2013

Iran agrees to limit nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions

In a speech regarding the agreement, US President Barack Obama made the following remarks regarding the agrément.

NOV
22
2013

US jury awards Apple $290 million in patent battle with Samsung

The verdict was announced on Thursday in a San Jose, California, federal court after a weeklong trial.

NOV
22
2013

London’s shame: The women freed after 30 years of ‘slavery’

The emotional woman said that her “friend” was only ever allowed out of the home to hang washing out and occasionally walk to a shop under the tight control of one of their alleged captors.

NOV
22
2013

China top court bans use of forced confessions

The court reportedly claimed that "illegal methods" of confession extraction, including food and sleep deprivation and temperature manipulation are unacceptable and amount to torture.

NOV
22
2013

Spain government introduces anti-protests laws

The legislation also prohibits publishing images of police, interrupting public events, possessing illegal drugs, vandalizing public property and drinking alcohol in the street.

NOV
21
2013

U.S.: Illinois becomes 16th US state to legalize gay marriage

Marriage laws are governed by individual US states, 29 of which have amended their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage.

NOV
21
2013

Berlin court rules Google violated data protection law

The case against Google was filed by the Federation of German Consumer Organizations(VZBV), which challenged 13 privacy policies and 12 terms of service that it claimed were either overly broad or too restrictive of consumers´ rights.

NOV
21
2013

Norway reveals it monitored phone data

Similar news reports circulated in France and Spain last month, where millions of phone records were reportedly obtained by the NSA.

NOV
21
2013

Greenpeace activists to be freed on bail

On Wednesday two of the six British citizens among the detainees, activist Alexandra Harris and freelance videographer Kieron Bryan, will have their bail requests heard.

NOV
20
2013

Obama urges against fresh Iran sanctions

Envoys from the P5+1 group of nations will begin a new round of negotiations with Iran in Geneva on Wednesday.

NOV
20
2013

US Supreme Court upholds new Texas abortion law

The court´s four liberal justices said they would have overturned a lower ruling allowing the law to take effect.

NOV
20
2013

US intelligence officials publish court order permitting NSA data collection

The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) order permitting the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect Americans´ e-mail and Internet data was published for the first time on Monday, along with several other documents concerning NSA´s data collection program.

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