Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that Venezuela would be willing to accept detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Chavez made his statements in an interview [El Universal report, in...
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The Swedish Parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a gender-neutral marriage law, repealing a previous law on registered partnerships. The legislation would allow same-sex couples already partnered...
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Galvin filed a complaint Wednesday against Fairfield Greenwich Group alleging fraud for their involvement in the Bernard Madoff investment scheme. According to the complaint,...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Polar Tankers v. City of Valdez , where the Court will consider whether a municipal tax...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday granted a habeas corpus petition filed by Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Yasin Muhammed Basardh, ordering his release from the prison....
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion in federal court Wednesday seeking to set aside the verdict and dismiss the indictment on corruption charges against former senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) ....
A lawyer for former Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav argued Wednesday that judges in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) should release Kaing, also known as...
The US Supreme Court issued three opinions Wednesday. The Court ruled 5-4 in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett that an employee may not bring a statutory...
US Attorney General Eric Holder overruled Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers who believe the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of 2009 pending in Congress violates the Constitution, the Washington Post...
The US will seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this year, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and US Permanent Representative to the UN Susan Rice ...
