The trial of anti-Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles began Monday on charges of lying to federal immigration officials that could carry a sentence of up to 60 years in prison. He...
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A judge for the 331st Criminal District Court of Texas sentenced former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) to three years in prison and ten years of probation Monday following DeLay's November conviction...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged President Barack Obama make greater efforts to close Guantanamo Bay despite congressional opposition. In the press release, issued on the eve of the facility's ninth...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Matrixx v. Siracusano on a pharmaceutical company's obligation under §10(b) of the Securities Exchange...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday renewed his support for the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) , which is investigating the 2005 murders of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22...
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in seven cases. In Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. , the court will determine whether investor losses...
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that refusal by provincial marriage commissioners to marry same-sex couples violates § 15(1) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms . The decision invalidates...
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced Sunday to 11 years in prison. Sotoudeh was found guilty of "acting against national security" and "making propaganda against the system" for which she will serve five and...
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced Sunday that he has no intention of revising the country's contentious blasphemy laws after Governor Salman Taseer of Punjab province was shot and killed Tuesday [JURIST...
The US Supreme Court on Monday remanded the case of Madison County v. Oneida Indian Nation to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, ordering the...
