The US Senate on Thursday approved two controversial amendments to the immigration reform bill on the status of English in the United States. The first amendment, proposed by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) ...
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Brenda Haglund, executrix vs. Philip Morris Incorporated, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, May 18, 2006 . Read...
A federal judge Thursday dismissed a highly-publicized lawsuit brought by the ACLU against CIA Director George Tenet and other agency officials and employees on behalf of Khalid El-Masri , a German national who alleges...
Proclamation, Nepal House of Representatives, May 18, 2006 .In respect of the sacrifices and participation made by the Nepalese people in the peaceful joint people's movement, In...
General Michael Hayden defended the legality of the NSA's domestic surveillance program Thursday and said that the program was a critical tool in tracking down terrorists, in testimony during his confirmation hearing [full transcript,...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned in a speech delivered in Japan Thursday that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty faces a twin crisis of "confidence and complicity":The Treaty embodies a contract between the nuclear weapon States and the rest...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that tobacco giant Philip Morris Inc. cannot avoid liability in a wrongful death lawsuit by claiming that smokers should know that cigarettes are dangerous....
The US Supreme Court on Thursday reheard oral arguments on whether police must continue to knock and announce themselves before entering a persons home to seize evidence with a warrant in order for the...
A disciplinary panel for two Egyptian judges who complained of alleged fraud in last years parliamentary elections Thursday reprimanded pro-reform judge Hisham Bastawisi but cleared Mahmoud Mekki of whistleblowing allegations. The rulings came amid clashes ...
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will be freed on bail as he fights extradition to Peru on corruption and human rights charges . A panel of the Supreme Court of...
