A new Constitutional Court of Qatar , established to hear disputes over matters of constitutional interpretation, became functional Sunday. The court will act primarily to ensure that legislation complies with the country's constitution , which took...
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Only about one out of every four individuals charged with terrorist activities has been prosecuted because federal agencies do not agree on what constitutes a terrorist, according to a study released Sunday by the Transactional Records...
The US will have a hard time convincing other countries to adopt emissions-cutting legislation so long as an American bill capping carbon emissions remains unpassed, US climate change chief negotiator Jonathan Pershing said in an interview with...
US Army First Lt. Ehren Watada has won discharge from military service after a three year battle to avoid redeployment in Iraq, according to media reports Friday. Watada sought to leave the army [Honolulu Star Bulletin...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Saturday announced that three more detainees have been released from the Guantanamo Bay prison. Two Uzbek detainees were transferred to Ireland and one Yemeni national...
Police used unnecessary force to disperse demonstrations at the Pittsburgh Group of 20 (G-20) Summit , several civil liberties groups said Friday. Witold "Vic" Walczak, Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) ...
The Obama administration may not be able to meet the January deadline set early this year for the closure of Guantanamo Bay , senior administration officials said Friday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the officials told AP,...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Saturday denied that Iran had broken nuclear development regulations in respect to a newly-disclosed nuclear facility, insisting that the applicable disclosure rules only require notice six months before nuclear material...
German President Horst Koehler on Friday signed the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty , completing the country's problematic ratification process. The signature was the final step for ratification, after the...
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday upheld the admissibility of the case against former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga . Katanga had argued that charges of...
