The Turkish parliament, the Grand National Assembly , is scheduled to meet Tuesday, two weeks earlier than usual, to work on passing reform measures aimed at gaining membership to the European Union . The EU has...
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An Israeli military court on Monday postponed a decision on whether 21 defendants, who were who were detained following the Hamas capture of Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit in Gaza in June, should be released from...
Hewlett-Packard's deadline to submit documents to the US House Energy and Commerce Committee expires Monday, and two top executives have been asked to testify before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on the topic of "pretexting," a method...
About 14,000 people are currently being detained by the US in overseas prisons in uncertain legal circumstances, the Associated Press reported Sunday. Some 13,000 are being held in Iraq. US officials have told the Red Cross that 70 to...
Women's rights activists in Pakistan urged the government Sunday to suspend controversial religious laws that make it extremely difficult to prosecute rapists in the country. The Pakistan parliament delayed the introduction of...
UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith called on the US Saturday to close down Guantanamo Bay at an International Bar Association event in Chicago. While acknowledging that the September 11 attacks [JURIST news...
Losing leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador established a parallel government for Mexico Saturday representing what he called a "true, authentic republic" in the wake of a late-August...
Thousands of protestors took to the streets across South Africa Saturday demonstrating against same-sex marriage as South Africa's parliament prepares to hold hearings on a bill that would place same-sex partnerships on equal footing with traditional...
President Bush used his weekly radio address Saturday to reiterate his call to members of Congress to pass his proposed legislation on military commissions for...
Top US military lawyers signed two letters sent to Congress earlier this week supporting President Bush's proposed legislation on military commissions after being urged to do so by the Pentagon's politically-appointed top...
