The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday a proposed finding that atmospheric greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, setting the stage for government regulation of the harmful gases for the first time. Announcement...
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A jury for a UK crown court convicted Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar Friday of supplying bomb-making materials to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a Sri Lankan separatist group. Chrishanthakumar was also convicted of receiving...
The lawyer for the accused gunman on trial in India for the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks moved Friday to suppress his client's confession, arguing it was the product of torture. The lawyer also...
The ability of councils in the UK to monitor citizens for minor infractions will be curtailed , according to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on Friday. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) , passed in 2000,...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that former Israeli security chief Avraham Dichter cannot be sued in the US because he is immune under traditional common law. The decision affirms...
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled Thursday that oral arguments in a copyright infringement case could not be broadcast over the Internet. Respondent Joel Tenenbaum, one of many to be sued...
US President Barack Obama on Thursday asserted his intention not to investigate individuals who used or authorized enhanced interrogation techniques the same day the Department of Justice (DOJ) released memos outlining CIA use of...
Two families whose children were killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech school shooting filed separate lawsuits Thursday in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, asking for $10 million in compensatory...
Iraqi insurgent Wesam al Delaema was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for conspiracy to murder US nationals outside the US. Al Delaema, who was charged with the crime in 2005, is the...
A Swedish court on Friday found four defendants guilty of abetting copyright infringement for hosting the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay and sentenced them to one year in prison. The...
