A panel of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ordered prosecutors Wednesday to drop five of the 14 charges against Vojislav Seselj , ruling that the dropped "crimes against humanity"...
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Ballot measures approved in three US states Tuesday will ban smoking in many public places. In Arizona, Nevada and Ohio voters chose more comprehensive measures over less restrictive versions generally favored by the food and beverage...
Mexican legislators in the Cámara de Diputados , the lower house of parliament, voted Tuesday to prohibit Mexican President Vicente Fox from traveling to Australia and Vietnam later this month, citing domestic concerns, including...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Gonzales v. Carhart , 05-380, and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood [Duke...
Voters in nine US states approved ballot initiatives restricting the use of eminent domain in mid-term elections Tuesday, reacting strongly against the 2005 US Supreme Court Kelo v. New London decision, which...
Ballot measures limiting political campaign contributions and spending failed in two states Tuesday, while measures temporarily barring some former public officials from lobbying succeeded in two other states. Voters in California soundly rejected [Stop Prop 89...
US proponents of marijuana legalization took stock Wednesday after voters in Colorado, Nevada and South Dakota rejected mid-term ballot measures that would have decriminalized use of the drug in certain circumstances. In Colorado, voters on Tuesday rejected Amendment 44...
Turkey's bid for EU membership still faces significant obstacles, including the slowing of reforms and laws inhibiting freedom of speech, according to report released by the European Commission Wednesday. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn [official...
President George W. Bush announced Wednesday in the wake of Democratic Party successes in the US mid-term elections that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is resigning from his position at the Defense Department. Bush said he...
Missouri voters Tuesday narrowly approved Constitutional Amendment #2 , a stem cell initiative that would prevent Missouri from criminalizing the use of stem cells in certain techniques such as therapeutic cloning. With...
