North Korea agreed Tuesday that it would end its nuclear weapons program in exchange for aid as part of a multi-stage initiative with partners in the so-called Six-Party Talks . In...
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An Idaho State Senate committee Monday passed a bill requiring written parental consent for minors to get abortions . In a 7-2 vote, the State Affairs Committee approved Senate Bill No. 1082 , which amends,...
The Indiana State Senate voted 39 to 10 Monday to pass a state constitutional amendment defining marriage to be between a man and a woman. While same-sex marriage is already illegal in the state...
The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would abolish the state death penalty . HB 190 proposes replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment without possibility of release...
French conservative presidential candidate and current Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had expressed support for Sarkozy's...
UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on Monday decried the new rules governing US military detainee trials contained in the Manual for Military Commissions released late last month. Speaking to the Amercian Bar Association...
Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell vetoed an amendment to the City Charter Monday that made English the official language of the city government. The Nashville City Council approved the amendment last week, but city attorneys...
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Monday that he favors amending the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code without eliminating the provision altogether. The article makes...
The cabinet of the Somali transitional government approved a new anti-terrorism law allowing sentences of life imprisonment or execution for engaging in or funding terrorist activity, Somalia's Information Minister Madow Nunow Mohamed announced Monday. The law, which...
A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official said Monday that Sudan will prevent a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigation team from entering the country unless the UN agrees to replace team member Bertrand Ramcharan [official...
