Judges on Ecuador's new Constitutional Tribunal Tuesday selected Patricio Pazmino Freire, a supporter of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa , to head the court. The new membership of the tribunal, elected [Prensa Latina...
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The Constitutional Court of Hungary ruled Tuesday in favor of a proposed referendum on unpopular economic reform proposals advanced by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany . A coalition of opposition parties including the Hungarian Civic Party...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal Tuesday against the dismissal of immigration fraud charges against anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles . US District Judge Kathleen Cardone ruled in...
The New Haven, Connecticut Board of Alderman has voted 25-1 to fund a program advanced by Mayor John DeStefano Jr. that will provide a municipal identification card to all residents, including the approximately 15,000 undocumented...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia will not raise the issue of withdrawing from the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty when it meets with other CFE Treaty signatories in Vienna next week....
France's practice of expelling non-citizens accused of links to violent extremism lacks sufficient procedural safeguards and undermines human rights , according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch . The report found that...
The US House of Representatives passed two resolutions Tuesday intended to speed up the House's internal investigation of Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) , who was indicted this week for allegedly accepting $500,000 in...
The government of Myanmar announced plans Tuesday to reconvene negotiations on a new constitution for a final session next month. The national constitutional drafting convention, tasked with creating guidelines for a more democratic...
A US federal judge extended a temporary restraining order Tuesday, blocking the Texas town of Farmers Branch , a suburb of Dallas, from enforcing a law that would bar landlords from renting apartments to most...
A German state court Tuesday upheld a ban on religious headscarves in public schools and affirmed the right of a school not to employ a teacher who said she would be unable to follow that law....
