The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that no criminal charges will be brought against Bush administration officials for the firing of nine US Attorneys in 2006. In a letter [text,...
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A report released Thursday by Transparency International (TI) named Burundi as the most corrupt East-African nation, with a corruption index of 36.7 percent. Also cited by TI for having high rates of corruption were Uganda, with...
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday signed a same-sex marriage bill into law. The signing ceremony comes one week after the bill was approved by the legislature , making Argentina the...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday refused to reinstate a six-month drilling moratorium issued in May by the Obama administration in response to the BP Deepwater...
The Botswana High Court ruled Wednesday that the indigenous Bushmen , or San, people will not be able to reopen a water well or dig new wells in their village in the Central Kalahari Game...
A German appeals court announced Wednesday that the government's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) will be permitted to continue surveillance of members of the country's Left political party. The...
The Israeli Knesset on Wednesday voted 53-13 to extend a law limiting the ability of Arab-Israelis to bring Palestinian family members into Israel. The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, first passed...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the country of Chad to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to the country. Al-Bashir was charged last week by the...
Two lawsuits were filed Wednesday seeking injunctive relief against a Fremont, Nebraska ordinance banning the hiring, harboring or renting property to illegal immigrants . The ordinance, passed by city voters in a referendum...
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the Restoring Financial Stability Act into law. The legislation, which focuses on increasing regulation in the financial sector following the recent economic crisis ,...
