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The Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay: Banned in the UK?

Swedish filesharing website The Pirate Bay may soon be blocked in the UK after a London judge ruled that the site breaches copyright laws on a large scale, and that both the platform and its users illegally share copyrighted material, such as movies and music.

Ecuador court rejects Chevron arbitration ruling

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A court in Ecuador has rejected an order by arbitrators that an $18 billion pollution ruling against Chevron should be frozen, but the judges referred an appeal by the U.S. oil company to the country's Supreme Court.
A tribal leader of the indigenous Secoya people of Ecuador's northern Amazon rainforest at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on May 19, 2011.

Double Victory For Chevron in Ecuador Pollution Case

Chevron, the No. 2 U.S. energy company, won two small legal victories this week that could lessen potential liabilities over alleged pollution in South America. A court in Ecuador had previously levied an $18 billion fine.
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New Political Player: Pakistan Supreme Court Takes Centre Stage

By indicting Pakistan's embattled prime minister for contempt of court on Monday, the Supreme Court may have cemented its role as a political player alongside the military and the civilian government, complicating an already Byzantine political scene.
U.S. Civil Rights

Why Gay Marriage Really Is Like Interracial Marriage

I am constantly astounded by the lengths to which same-sex marriage opponents go to draw distinctions between their cause and the long-discredited cause of anti-miscegenation activists, when any clearheaded examination will show how similar they are.
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Elizabeth Olten Timeline: Retracing Alyssa Bustamante Murder Case

The 18-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her nine-year-old neighbor. Here, get a comprehensive timeline of the murder of Elizabeth Olten, and the Alyssa Bustamante murder trial that followed, including what evidence was stricken from the record, why Bustamante changed her plea, and Olten's family's reaction to the verdict.
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Prop 8 Decision: Hollywood Responds on Twitter

Olivia Wilde, Judd Apatow and Jesse Tyler Ferguson were just a few of the big stars taking to Twitter on Tuesday to praise a court decision finding California's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.

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