French Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Wednesday announced plans to create a special judicial service to investigate and charge individuals accused of crimes against humanity and genocide in France...
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The Malaysian High Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended enforcement of last week's ruling that non-Muslims can use the word "Allah" as a translation for the word "God." The decision came after the Malaysian Home Ministry [official website,...
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Gabi Ashkenazi on Wednesday ordered the military to seek advice from legal advisers during battle, rather than just in the planning stages. Ashkenazi reportedly implemented the new regulations...
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered that $21.2 million in gold coins and bullion seized last year from the offices of Allen Stanford be returned to investors. Stanford is accused of defrauding investors [indictment,...
Rhode Island lawmakers on Tuesday voted to allow domestic partners , including those in same-sex relationships, to claim the body of their partner and to make funeral arrangements, overriding a veto by Governor Don Carcieri [official...
A judge in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on Tuesday upheld the majority of restrictions on cigarette advertising imposed by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act ....
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Washington law that prohibits felons from voting violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act . The Washington law, Article VI, Section...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to improve airline passenger security, calling last month's attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 "a failure to integrate and understand the intelligence." Obama said that the US government had sufficient...
A White House spokesperson said Tuesday that the US government will suspend transfers of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen . White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs made the announcement at his daily briefing amid increasing political...
Israeli officials said Tuesday that a military delegation had canceled a trip to the UK over fears that they would be arrested on war crimes charges for their involvement in last year's Operation Cast Lead in...
