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The complaint is being filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are currently held in Equatorial Guinea under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention", according to the lawsuit, seen by AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Apps themselves might be abstracted away as smartphone agents call online services directly on behalf of their users.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The complaint was filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are currently held in Equatorial Guinea under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention", according to the lawsuit, seen by AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
At her election night party, Chan told the SF Standard that Pelosi’s endorsement “absolutely changed the tide” in the race, delivering a “fatal punch” on behalf of her campaign.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
In the late 1870s, Stanton and Anthony continued to work on behalf of a constitutional amendment that would grant women the right to vote.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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