The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that four men have been charged in connection with the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India and an attempted attack...
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The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to hear an appeal brought by an anti-abortion advocate who refused to pay taxes on the basis that the money could be used to fund abortion [JURIST news...
A judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that a law allowing Washington DC to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere is not subject to a public referendum....
The Communist Party of China (CPC) will increase its oversight of the families of government officials to control corruption, the state-controlled China Daily reported Wednesday. A communique released Wednesday by the...
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Thursday the conviction of seven former Soviet officials, including Joseph Stalin , on genocide charges stemming from the 1932-1933 Holodomor famine . The court of...
Jackson v. District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, January 14, 2010 [holding that a law allowing Washington DC to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of the district is not subject to...
An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced 11 men to death for the August 19 bombing of the foreign and finance ministries in Baghdad that left close to 100 dead. The 11 men were found guilty ...
The UK Parliament Justice Committee released a reinvestment report on Thursday urging the prison populations in England and Wales to be reduced by a third. The committee found that incarceration is a relatively ineffective way of...
2009 marked the worst year for maritime piracy in six years, according to a report issued Thursday by the International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau (IMB) . The total reported incidents of...
The legal advisers for the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen , have advised him to delay an internal effort to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" [10 USC § 654 text; JURIST...
