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Kenya's Court of Appeal will deliver its verdict Friday on the president's controversial three-year quest to change the constitution, a ruling that could shake up the political landscape less than a year before elections. The so-called Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) seeks notably to dilute the current winner-takes-all electoral system blamed by Kenyatta for poll unrest, by expanding the executive and parliament. IMAGES
Lawyer and human rights activist Stella Assange leaves court and tells journalists that the judges "have reached the right decision" after Julian Assange wins a new chance to appeal against his extradition to the United States. IMAGES
The President of Britain's Supreme Court, Lord Robert Reed, announces the court's ruling that the Scottish Parliament cannot unilaterally legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence without the backing of the Westminster-based government of the United Kingdom, in a set-back for the Scottish National Party and those supporting a repeat of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. SOUNDBITE
Kenya's Supreme Court rules that President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to change the constitution was illegal, dealing a blow to him and his allies ahead of key elections in August. SOUNDBITE
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday rejects former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's bid to delay a 12 year prison sentence for corruption. IMAGES
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