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Family Claims Cambodian Detainee Was Tortured to Death in Prison, Despite Suicide Ruling

The man’s aunt demands that authorities bring his killers to justice.




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Corporate Claims Bulletin

Barlow v Wigan Council [2019] EWHC 1546 (QB) The claimant, Deborah Barlow, brought a claim against the defendant, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council for a trip which occurred on 21 September 2018. The claimant was walking along a path in Abram Park,...




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Corporate Claims Bulletin - October 2019

  Practice and Procedure Patel and another v Patel and others [2019] EWHC 2643 (Ch) This case looks at the obligations of defendants under CPR Part 16.5 when preparing their defences and very clearly sets out that defendants: (a) must say which...




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Corporate Claims Bulletin: November 2019 edition

Practice and procedure Wickes Building Supplies Ltd v Blair [2019] EWCA Civ 1934 An employee had an accident at work. The court had to determine whether the claimant should be allowed to rely upon a witness statement which had not been filed and ser...




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Coronavirus - Insurance Claims: Covid-19 Protocol - UK

In these extraordinary times a number of insurers and “claimant” law firms have agreed a protocol that should avoid unnecessary procedural problems. The full and commendably concise text can be found here. In summary, signatories t...




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Securitisation and lenders' claims

A prevalent issue currently being raised by Defendant solicitors in relation to professional negligence lender claims is securitisation. The question being asked on a regular basis is whether mortgages have been securitised. The question following t...




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Changes to the civil procedure rules affecting mortgage repossession claims

Currently CPR 55.10 provides that where a mortgagee seeks possession of land which consists of or includes residential property the claimant must send a notice to the property addressed to 'the occupiers' within 5 days of receiving notification of t...




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Shipping: Claim notification clauses

Reviewing the notification requirements in the InterClub Agreement in the wake of Ipsos S.A. v Dentsu Aegis Network Limited (previously Aegis Group plc) [2015] EWCH 1171 (Comm) The Background The recent decision in Ipsos S.A. v Dentsu Aegis Network ...




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Shipping: The application of the Athens Convention on claims for a contribution against Carriers

The Court of Appeal’s decision in The South West Strategic Health Authority v Bay Island Voyages [2015] EWCA Civ 708 provides guidance on the application of the Athens Convention 1974 in contribution claims against carriers. The Facts On 26 Au...




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The Lancet claims Bolsonaro is the biggest threat to combat COVID-19 in Brazil

The biggest threat to Brazil's ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, according to the British medical journal The Lancet.




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Unclaimed corpses in Ondo government morgues to be given mass burial — Akeredolu

Dayo Johnson – Akure All the unclaimed and unburied corpses in Ondo government morgues across the State would be given mass burial in the next one month. Health commissioner Dr. Wahab Adegbenro said this in a statement issued by his Press Office Abooluwa Famakinwa in Akure. Adegbenro has therefore called on relations of the deceased
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Senator Abbo accuses Adamawa Governor of ‘false claims’ over NEDC projects

Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial district, Elisha Ishaku Abbo has accused governor Ahmadu Fintiri of making false claims over the donation of transformers to some communities in the State. The lawmaker said the transformers were donated by the newly established Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) through the intervention of his Committee. He frowned at the publication […]

Senator Abbo accuses Adamawa Governor of ‘false claims’ over NEDC projects




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Covid-19 claims second Cape nurse

A Tygerberg Hospital nurse has become the latest health-care worker to die of Covid-19 as the Western Cape saw an increase of 11 coronavirus deaths and more than 500 new infections.





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HR e-briefing 209 - Maternity pay: removal of need for male comparator may bring flood of claims

After nine years pursuing her claim against her employer, Michelle Alabaster walked away with an award of just £204.53.  However, the impact of the decisions of the ECJ, and now the Court of Appeal in the maternity pay case of Ala...




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Covid-19 claims second Cape nurse

Cape Town - A Tygerberg Hospital nurse has become the latest health-care worker to die of Covid-19 as the Western Cape saw an increase of 11 coronavirus deaths and more than 500 new infections on Friday. “We are deeply saddened to announce the death of a Tygerberg Hospital nurse, Ntombizakithi Ngidi,” said Premier Alan Winde. “We extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends and her colleagues at this time and we honour her service to the people of this province.” Ngidi is the second nurse to die from Covid-19 in the...




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Local Government Briefing Note 38 of 2012: Expert evidence in procurement claims - no general admission

Expert evidence in procurement claims – no general admission On 28 September 2012 the High Court rejected an application under...




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Local Government Briefing Note 39 of 2012: Registered Providers to face longer, more complicated and more expensive claims?

Registered Providers to face longer, more complicated and more expensive claims? The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ("LAPSO") LAPSO received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012 and will come into force on 1 April 2013. It will hav...




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Are 261/2004 claims redundant? -impact of the Consumer Rights Act 2015

Following the outcome of a Government consultation paper, the full force of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA) will apply to the aviation sector as from the 1 October 2016. The result could lead to compensation being paid up to the price of the air ...




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Interrupting the ticking clock in respect of a counterclaim

It has always been imperative that a claimant keeps at the forefront of its mind that time is ticking and that any claim it wishes to make must be brought in time. The respective time limit may be set out in statute, such as the Limitation Acts or o...




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Hacker Claims Android App Store Breached: Publishes 20 Million User Credentials

The stolen records of 20 million users of a popular Android app store have been published online by a hacker who claims to have 19 million more. Not all app stores are the same. Android users have access to the … read more



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High Court considers multiple aerospace SPA warranty claims

What's happened? The High Court has considered multiple warranty claims under an aerospace SPA. The case from earlier this year is interesting due to the range of warranty claims considered and the court’s interpretation of the relevant SPA pr...




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Victim knifed in street over claims he went to slain Lawlor's funeral

A 38-year-old man who was stabbed multiple times in both legs and suffered a broken nose was accused by a gang of thugs of attending the funeral of slain hitman Robbie Lawlor.




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Beijing’s South China Sea fishing ban threatens to raise tensions with rival claimants

Tensions are expected to rise in the South China Sea after Beijing’s annual summer ban on fishing in the disputed waters drew protests from rival claimants.China said it would prohibit fishing activities in the waters Beijing has claimed above the 12th parallel – including areas near the Scarborough Shoal, the Paracel Islands, and the Gulf of Tonkin – to conserve stocks.The ban, which came into effect from noon on May 1 runs until August 16 and China’s coastguard has promised to take the …




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US claims of China coronavirus lab leak an ‘attempt to distract’ from Trump’s own mistakes: Germany

Germany’s defence ministry and BND foreign spy agency have privately cast doubt on American claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Chinese lab, media reported on Friday.An internal memo prepared for Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer “classifies the American claims as a calculated attempt to distract” from Washington’s own failings, Der Spiegel reported.US President Donald Trump is attempting “to distract from his own mistakes and direct Americans’ anger at China”,…




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India claims major victory as top Kashmir rebel leader killed in gunfight

Indian government forces killed a top rebel commander and his aide in disputed Kashmir on Wednesday and shut down cellphone and mobile internet services during subsequent anti-India protests, officials and residents said.India’s security officials and some members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party called his death as a major victory against insurgents. The killing could spark more unrest in the region.Riyaz Naikoo, 35, was the chief of operations of the region’s largest indigenous rebel…




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Australia ‘concerned’ over reports US may have leaked documents to boost Donald Trump’s Wuhan lab claims

Signs of a growing split between Australia and the United States over an unproven theory that the coronavirus came from a Wuhan laboratory have emerged, amid claims the US embassy may have leaked a dossier linked to the allegations.The Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday reported that Canberra was increasingly concerned the Trump administration’s promotion of claims that the novel coronavirus began in a lab could undermine its push for an independent inquiry into the origins of the pandemic and a…




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British government on the defensive over claims Boris Johnson skipped coronavirus meetings

Current and former cabinet ministers have rushed to defend Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the wake of damning claims.





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Google claims it has finally reached quantum supremacy

Has Google achieved quantum supremacy? The firm says its quantum chip can perform a calculation that is practically impossible for our best supercomputer




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As Demand for Hand Sanitizer Soars, FDA Warns of Makers' Bogus Claims

Title: As Demand for Hand Sanitizer Soars, FDA Warns of Makers' Bogus Claims
Category: Health News
Created: 4/27/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Reply to Losick, "Concerns about Continuing Claims that a Protein Complex Interacts with the Phosphorelay"




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Concerns about Continuing Claims that a Protein Complex Interacts with the Phosphorelay




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Claims of categorical primacy for musical affect are confounded by using language as a measure [Social Sciences]

Cowen et al. (1) leverage modern gains in data science to describe impressive cross-cultural similarities in the perception of musical affect and do so in unprecedented detail. Their approach is innovative and fundamentally empirical. As such, it should have important applications for prediction in the field of affective computing, which...




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Reclaiming Mother's Day as a day to oppose war and injustice

Brent Patterson

Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 10.

What is sometimes forgotten at this time of the year is that Mother's Day has its roots in the feminist struggle against militarism and war.

Slate reports, "The women who originally celebrated Mother's Day conceived of it as an occasion to use their status as mothers to protest injustice and war ... In 1870, after witnessing the bloody Civil War, Julia Ward Howe -- a Boston pacifist, poet, and suffragist who wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" -- proclaimed a special day for mothers to oppose war."

Her original proclamation for the day states, "From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says, 'Disarm, disarm! The sword is not the balance of justice.' Blood does not wipe out dishonor nor violence indicate possession."

National Geographic adds, Howe "promoted a Mothers' Peace Day beginning in 1872. For Howe and other antiwar activists ... Mother's Day was a way to promote global unity after the horrors of the American Civil War and Europe's Franco-Prussian War."

And Jacobin magazine's Branko Marcetic notes, "At its 1874 anniversary, participants sang songs and read papers, including one calling for the abolition of standing armies and war armaments and the creation of a system for universal peace arbitration."

While Mother's Day was recognized officially in the United States in 1914, the message behind the day appears to have been largely lost by 1917.

Time reports, "When the United States joined World War I in 1917, and the war propaganda machine revved up, the burst of patriotism came with a renewed appreciation for mothers. Women were hailed both for raising the soldiers who were on the front lines and for the work they were doing on the home front, such as running fundraisers for the Red Cross. Mother's Day was a way to thank these women for their service."

Over the past 100 years, the day has become increasingly commercialized and sentimentalized. It has been estimated that Canadians spend about $492 million on flowers, cards and gifts for Mother's Day each year. Imagine if even a fraction of that was spent on challenging patriarchy, militarism, weapons and war.

This Mother's Day, let us work to reclaim the radical origins of the day, challenge war and militarism, and strive to deepen our understanding of the intersectionality between feminism, social justice, care for Mother Earth and peace.

Brent Patterson is the Executive Director of Peace Brigades International-Canada. This article originally appeared on the PBI-Canada website. Follow @PBIcanada @CBrentPatterson on Twitter.

Image: bravenewfoundation/Video Screenshot/YouTube




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Flying cars remain science fiction as 24 teams fail to claim $1m prize

Flying car hopefuls were meant to take off at a competition on a NASA airbase, but no team claimed the prize after a string of crashes and no-shows




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Rumours Claim Apple Will Soon Drop More New Devices

The company could be preparing to release a new iMac, a new pair of AirPods, and an updated Apple TV 4K.




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3 Easy Ways to Evaluate AI Claims

Interrogate the data, consider possible incentives, and look for the dreaded “hype salad”



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Bill Maher Says Republicans 'Don't Care' About Tara Reade's Biden Allegations, Challenges Timing of Sexual Assault Claims

Bill Maher said Republicans "don't care" about Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations, saying such claims are simply used as a "unilateral weapon" against Democrats.




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Van Dijk sounds ominous warning to rivals as Liverpool star claims he can get even better

The Netherlands international has become a talismanic presence for club country, but the commanding centre-half believes there is more to come





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Henderson to Fulham & Bale to Nottingham Forest? Ex-Liverpool director of football makes transfer claims

Damien Comolli, who took the England international to Anfield, saw the Reds enter into transfer talks with the Cottagers during the summer of 2012





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Risk of COVID-19 transmission from wastewater higher than believed, study claims

The novel coronavirus -- which has infected over 3.9 million people worldwide -- has been detected in wastewater, but researchers have been unclear about the transmission risks.




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Trump campaign releases Spanish ad targeting Dems defending Biden over Tara Reade claims

The Trump campaign released a new ad in Spanish targeting Democrats for their response to the allegations Tara Reade made against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.



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Tara Reade, in new interview, claims Biden used graphic language to proposition her during alleged assault

Tara Reade has claimed in a new interview that Joe Biden used graphic language to proposition her for sex when he allegedly assaulted her in 1993.



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Flynn prosecutor's contested claims impacted judge's pivotal December opinion, FBI docs suggest

Newly released FBI documents suggest a federal judge in Washington was swayed by apparent misrepresentations from a top prosecutor when he issued a memorandum opinion in December 2019 -- a ruling that marked one of the lowest points in former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn's effort to withdraw a guilty plea on a charge of lying to investigators.



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Kobe Bryant's widow files claim against LA County Sheriff's Department over crash-scene photos

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of late NBA star Kobe Bryant, filed a legal claim Friday against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over graphic photos that deputies allegedly took and shared of the helicopter crash scene where her husband, 13-year-old daughter, Gigi, and seven others were killed in late January.



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Leading scientist claims Government failed to prepare for coronavirus outbreak

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Woman jailed for spitting at police officer while claiming to have coronavirus

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Donald Trump claims he has 'total' power to lift US coronavirus lockdown

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Man jailed for biting and spitting at police officers while claiming to have coronavirus

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