The unicameral Latvian parliament Thursday overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, effectively blocking the recognition of same-sex marriage . The amendment infuriatedLatvian gay rights...
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The NAACP announced its opposition to the US Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito in a news conference Thursday, citing his conservative record as a threat to...
A deadlocked federal jury in a Texas Vioxx case will resume its deliberations Monday after informing US District Judge Eldon Fallon on Saturday that it could not reach a unanimous verdict about whether Merck & Co.’s [corporate...
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday in an interview on Fox News Sunday that would support changing Senate procedures to ban judicial filibusters if Democrats attempt to use the device to block the US Supreme Coourt nomination of...
The Iraqi government announced Sunday that it will enforce strict security measures for Thursday's parliamentary elections, including closing all borders, extending curfews and banning travel across provincial boundaries from Tuesday through Saturday. Meanwhile, US-led coalition forces and the Iraqi...
The interim government of Haiti has removed five of its ten Supreme Court judges in what it called an administrative measure, to improve the efficiency of the court. Many speculate that the forced retirement of the...
Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark , currently a defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein , Friday accused witnesses of false testimony, claiming they had read their testimonies from pre-written statements. Only two of the nine...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Friday that it is in intense dialogue with US authorities to visit all detainees held by the US in the war on terror. The US State Department [official...
Britains Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced Friday that a soldier arrested in May 2004 in connection with fake photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse published in the UK's Daily Mirror newspaper will not face charges. The...
German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that the German government has a list of at least 437 flights it suspects the US CIA operated in German airspace, landing in...
