A woman who was ordered by a British court to destroy frozen embryos produced with her former partner is taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights Tuesday, claiming the refusal to allow her to...
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Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif told newly-appointed US Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes Monday that his government plans to lift the state of emergency that has been in place in the country...
New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey filed lawsuits Monday against Hess , Shell , and Sunoco , alleging that the oil and gas giants and several independent gas-station owners...
Australian state and territory leaders Tuesday agreed to strict new anti-terror measures proposed by the federal government of Prime Minister John Howard which include detaining terror suspects for up to 48 hours without charge...
US District Judge Jed. S. Rakoff Monday denied government claims that he was interfering with the president's constitutional authority to wage war when he ordered that Guantanamo Bay detainees be asked if they...
A New York court Monday commenced proceedings in the civil trial arising out of the 1993 truck bombing of the World Trade Center . The court will need to determine whether the Port Authority of New York and...
Criminal Victimization, 2004, US Department of Justice , released September 25, 2005 . Excerpt:Taken together, the 1-year (2003-04)...
Gun control advocates are set to start an intensive media campaign to alert travelers about a new Florida law that allows people to respond to threats by using guns at home or in public ....
Egyptian judges Monday ordered opposition leader and recent presidential candidate Ayman Nour to appear in court again Tuesday to answer charges connected to the submission of forged signatures when his party applied for official recognition...
UN human rights officials have accused the government of Togo of using over-zealous force at the time of the heavily disputed April presidential elections , saying that government security and armed forces killed 400-500 people...
