Iraqi legislators delivered a draft law to Iraq's cabinet over the weekend which outlines the development and distribution of oil in the country, according to two members of a negotiating committee tasked with developing the resolution. Negotiations...
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Hundreds of civilians have been arrested for opposing the Republic of Guinea's government since President Lansana Conte announced martial law last week, according to human rights groups Sunday. Martial law was imposed after Guinea [JURIST...
Police in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare ignored a court order and interfered with a political rally held by opposition group Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Sunday. According to an MDC spokesman, police arrested members...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that the US Congress would damage the American relationship with Turkey if it supports a resolution recognizing the WWI-era killings of Armenians by...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Saturday in a new report on Saudi Arabia that respect for human rights in the Kingdom seemed to be improving but violations and abuses persisted. The report detailed...
An appeal was filed Saturday in the case of five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor convicted and sentenced to death by a Libyan court for knowingly infecting over 400 Libyan patients, primarily children,...
US Marine Lance Cpl. Robert B. Pennington was sentenced to eight years in military prison Saturday for his role in the death of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania [USMC timeline; JURIST...
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates of the ruling Socialist party said Saturday that the Portuguese Parliament could pass legislation to loosen its strict abortion law by...
The Committee to Protect Journalists urged the Philippines government Friday to drop sedition charges against Daily Tribune publisher Ninez Cacho-Olivarez and columnists Ramon Seneres and Herman Tiu-Laurel. The journalists were charged with...
Jones v. Barlow, Utah Supreme Court, February 16, 2007 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported...
