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Federal judge orders health benefits for same-sex spouse of federal employee
A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered the director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) to provide health benefits to the same-sex...
Ninth Circuit upholds ruling to block advocacy intervention in Proposition 8 suit
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's denial of a conservative advocacy group's motion to intervene in a challenge to Proposition...
Holder defends 9/11 federal trials decision before Senate committee
US Attorney General Eric Holder appeared Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions regarding the decision to try five men accused of conspiring to commit the 9/11 terrorist attacks in...
Ninth Circuit orders new accounting of Ferdinand Marcos assets
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday remanded a case involving the assets of former Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos to the district court for investigation. The court found that...
US urges Sri Lanka to investigate and prosecute armed conflict rights violations
Sri Lanka must investigate reports of human rights violations and war crimes during the last months of the internal armed civil conflict by both government and rebel forces and prosecute those responsible, the US Department of State...
The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on Wednesday that the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will begin on October...
Disagreements over definition of 'terrorist' complicating US prosecutions: study
Only about one out of every four individuals charged with terrorist activities has been prosecuted because federal agencies do not agree on what constitutes a terrorist, according to a study released Sunday by the Transactional Records...
Karadzic prosecutors unwilling to shorten indictment to expedite case
Prosecutors for the case against Radovan Karadzic in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Tuesday that they would not drop any charges against the accused in order to...
Former CIA directors urge Obama to suspend interrogation probe
Seven former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sent a letter to President Barack Obama Friday urging him to suspend Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into allegations of prisoner abuse by CIA...