Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives on Friday reached an agreement on the financial reform bills passed by each chamber, which focus on increasing regulation in the financial...
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The UN Development Programme (UNDP), in coordination with the UNAIDS Secretariat , on Thursday launched the Global Commission on HIV and the Law in order to better understand the role played by the law in facilitating...
The German Federal Court of Justice on Friday ruled that removing a patient from life support is not a criminal offense if the terminal individual had previously given consent. The landmark ruling...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced five Americans to 10 years in prison for plotting attacks on Pakistan. Waqar Hussain Khan, Ahmed Minni, Ramy Zamzam, Aman Yemer and Umar Farooq, all students from the Washington, DC metro area,...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted 219 to 206 to approve legislation aimed at decreasing the ability of corporations and other special interest groups to influence elections. The bill, known...
Gabon police arrested Rwandan doctor Jean-Chrysostome Ndindabahizi on charges of conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and murder in connection to the 1994 Rwandan genocide , according to Rwandan National Public Prosecution...
A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to delay the corruption trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich in order for his defense lawyers to review a decision by US Supreme Court limiting...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled 4-3 that the European Convention on Human Rights does not mandate that member states recognize same-sex marriages . The applicants, an...
Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris said Thursday that members of a recently-appointed UN panel will not be permitted to enter the country to investigate allegations of human rights abuses during the last...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday formally apologized to the families of the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing for the government's failure to prevent the attack. The apology comes...
