The Egyptian parliament on Thursday passed a bill preventing those who were high officials under former president Hosni Mubarak from running for president. The law bars candidacy for 10 years for...
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments on Friday on Apple's request for a temporary injunction against distribution of Samsung's "Galaxy" products, but it seemed skeptical of Apple's arguments. Apple...
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the Associated Press on Friday that he is certain that fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony will be arrested this year . Moreno-Ocampo pointed to...
The Center for American Progress (CAP) released a report on Wednesday criticizing the tide of recently-passed state voter ID laws as an attempt by conservatives and lobbyists to "return to past practices of voter suppression to...
George Boley, former leader of the Liberian Peace Council (LPC), was removed from the US on Saturday for his role in human rights abuses in the 1990s during the Liberian Civil War . An immigration judge ordered...
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Friday called on India's government to take stronger measures to end extrajudicial and arbitrary executions . While commending India for its willingness to listen to new...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the final day of arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the case of United States Department of Health and...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the second day of oral arguments in United States Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida , the challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Sunday that Syrian government officials are rounding up civilians and forcing them to walk in front of the army during arrests, troop movements and attacks on villages in order...
Chinese Vice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu said on Thursday that China will stop taking organs from executed prisoners in the next three to five years. The Ministry of Health and the Red Cross Society...
