Voters in Liechtenstein on Sunday rejected a proposal to legalize abortion in the country after Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein , the acting Head of State, expressed displeasure with the law [press release, PDF in...
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The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday sentenced a man for contempt of court for refusing to testify. The man, Shefqet Kabashi, was sentenced to two months in jail ...
Seven states, including California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington, on Friday joined an antitrust lawsuit initiated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) attempting to block a proposed $39 billion acquisition...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday criticized the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) for ruling in favor of presidential hopeful Leopoldo Lopez, thereby allowing him to run for office. A Venezuelan...
An Egyptian court on Sunday convicted Zohair Garanah, the former tourism minister under the Hosni Mubarak regime, on corruption charges. As a result of the guilty verdict, the court sentenced him to three...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that the national rate of violent crime decreased by 13 percent during 2010. The announcement stemmed from statistics in the annual National Crime Victimization Survey ,...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Thursday ordered a stay of execution for Duane Buck, a convicted murderer in Texas, pending a determination on whether to grant certiorari in the case....
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday struck down a City of Redondo Beach anti-day laborer ordinance as an unconstitutional restriction on speech. The ordinance prohibited individuals...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the validity of the state's newly passed Marriage Equality Act . The initial complaint , filed by...
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday that the effects of global warming are not covered by a standard liability insurance policy. The AES Corporation , a power company, is facing a...
