The leader of France's conservative party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) announced Wednesday that he will introduce legislation banning the burqa in public. Jean-Francois Cope's announcement [Le Figaro report, in...
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Credit Suisse , Switzerland's second largest bank, agreed Wednesday to pay more than $500 million in fines to both the US government and New York state for violating US sanctions against Iran and other countries....
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday granted Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Saeed Hatim's petition for habeas corpus, ordering his release. The US Department of Defense [official...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the decision to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center (TCC) in northwestern Illinois to house inmates from Guantanamo Bay could help close the...
R (on the application of E) (Respondent) v Governing Body of JFS and the Admissions Appeal Panel of JFS (Appellants), Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, December 16, 2009 [holding that a Jewish school discriminated against a boy by denying...
Constitution Petition Numbers 76-80 of 2007 & 59/2009 and Civil Appeal Number 1094 of 2009 and HRC Numbers14328-P-14331-P & 15082-P of 2009, Supreme Court of Pakistan, December 16, 2009 [striking down the National Reconciliation Ordinance which granted President Asif Ali...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday sued computer microchip manufacturer Intel for antitrust violations. The complaint alleges that Intel used its dominant market position to stifle competition. According to...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday struck down the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) , which granted President Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 other government officials immunity from corruption charges. A special 17-member...
The Swiss government announced Wednesday that it has agreed to accept one Uzbek Guantanamo Bay detainee for resettlement "on humanitarian grounds." The unidentified detainee has been held at Guantanamo since 2005 but has never...
The British Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Jewish school discriminated against a boy by denying him admission because he was not "ethnically Jewish." The London secondary school, JFS , denied...
