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Microsoft meets EU deadline for antitrust proposals

[JURIST] The European Union began assessing proposals Wednesday from Microsoft Corp. meant to comply with a massive March 2004 antitrust ruling [JURIST report]. The proposal came in just before the midnight deadline [JURIST report] Tuesday and the EU competition commission [official website] is expected to take a few weeks to fully analyze the documents due to the large amount of paperwork submitted. The ruling in March of last year set a $623 million fine for the software giant for abusing its dominant market position by making it difficult for consumers to use music and video software other than those installed by Microsoft. The commission has called for Microsoft to develop a version of Windows without Media Player [Microsoft implementation plan] and has requested that an independent "monitoring trustee" to oversee implementation of the ruling. AFP has more.

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Pope Urban II sparks First Crusade

Pope Urban II threw his support behind what would become the First Crusade on November 27, 1095 during the Council of Clairmont. The Pope urged the council's participants to render aid to the Byzantine Empire, which was being attacked by the Seljuks. Pope Urban called for a wide coalition of rich and poor to combat the threat, which eventually resulted in the conquest of much of the Muslim-controlled Levant by the Crusaders and the establishment of the Crusader States. Read Pope Urban's address.  

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