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• African leaders to request Kenyan leaders be tried domestically

  [JURIST] African foreign ministers agreed Friday to request that Kenyan leaders accused of inciting violence following the 2007 elections stand...

• Nokia files patent infringement suit against HTC

  [JURIST] Finnish telecommunications company Nokia filed suit against Taiwanese company HTC [corporate websites] Thursday for selling products in the US...

• Tenth Circuit hears Hobby Lobby appeal of health care ruling

  [JURIST] Hobby Lobby, Inc. [corporate website] requested an exemption from the mandate to provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under...

• Allies of Kosovo PM probed over war crime allegations

  [JURIST] The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) [official website] and the Kosovo Police Special Operations Unit...

• Federal judge gives preliminary view that DOJ will prevail in Apple antitrust case

  [JURIST] US District Judge Denise Cote expressed a tentative view on Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website]...

• Afghanistan lawmakers approve new electoral law

  [JURIST] The Afghan Parliament approved two new electoral laws Wednesday that will take effect in the elections next spring. According...

• Obama addresses US drone strikes, steps to close Guantanamo

  [JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] delivered a speech [text] Thursday on US counterterrorism policy and efforts, outlining plans...

• Guantanamo lawyers seek end to allegedly abusive search policy

  [JURIST] Lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] prisoners filed a complaint [text; case materials] Thursday alleging search policies restrict the...