The original lawsuit was filed nine years ago on behalf of six women.

最初的起诉开始于9年前的6名女员工。

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One of Mr Assange's supporters, Vaughan Smith, whose home he stayed at for more than a year, addressed the court on behalf of the nine.

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In September last year, Chancellor Merkel's government proposed streamlining the procedure by setting up a committee of nine members of the Bundestag to decide on behalf of the full parliament.

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There are another 257, 000 jobs at nine suppliers in the U.S. working on its behalf, including Corning, Texas Instruments, Samsung, Fairchild Semiconductor and RF Micro Devices as well as the drivers at UPS and FedEx who deliver Apple products to customers.

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