Lawyers providing legal services to at least 100 Chinese children sickened by tainted milk products have decided to continue with a class action lawsuit against government-owned dairy farm Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co., the focus of recalls following...
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The Russian Supreme Court classified northern Africa group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as a terrorist organization in a ruling Thursday, prohibiting the organization from conducting activities...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Afghan President Hamad Karzai to put a stop to executions and join nations calling for a death penalty moratorium. The...
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced Tuesday that it has renewed claims and is seeking greater damages against 13 local cigarette importers in an effort to "curb the spreading of some serious...
The government of India issued a warning Thursday on illegal land sales to foreigners in the country, especially in the state of Goa . Located in the western part of India, Goa is known for its...
A ballot measure to prohibit holders of government contracts totaling more than $100,000 from contributing to political parties or candidates appeared to win narrow approval from Colorado voters Tuesday, while a similar measure in South Dakota was easily rejected....
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday reasserted that the ICC has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed in the Congolese province of North and South Kivu in the wake...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Tuesday announced the transfer of one Guantanamo Bay detainee to Somaliland. DOD hailed the move as proof of the effectiveness of its review processes and...
The Indonesian parliament on Thursday passed a controversial anti-pornography law criminalizing all "obscene" works and "bodily movements" that could violate public morality. Proponents of the law include President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono [official website;...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday upheld an injunction granted by a federal judge earlier this month ordering Michigan voting officials to reinstate on voter rolls the...
