A French court on Monday began the trial of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin , accused of slandering businessmen and top politicians including current French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French; JURIST news...
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The German Bundesrat gave final approval to a bill Friday that will allow Germany to ratify the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty . Although both houses of Germany's...
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced Saturday that his government would indict seven suspects in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks . He also requested further evidence from India that the head of the erstwhile-Islamic charity...
Two more Uighur detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay have agreed to be transferred to Palau, their lawyer told the Associated Press Saturday. Six of the remaining 13 Uighurs in Guantanamo Bay are now...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) issued a plan Friday to reduce prison overcrowding as ordered by a special panel of federal judges in August, but the...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest Friday urging the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to reject a class action settlement [Authors...
UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe on Saturday urged the Sri Lankan government to conduct an independent inquiry into allegations of war crimes during the civil war against the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations restricting the political spending of nonprofit groups violates the First Amendment. The suit was...
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill Thursday that would create new media ownership rules and a new regulatory body to interpret those laws. Argentine President Christina Fernandez De Kirchner said...
A federal judge on Friday delayed the execution of Ohio death row inmate Romell Broom, following several failed attempts at administering a lethal injection on Tuesday. Judge Gregory Frost of the US District Court for the Southern District of...
