The president of the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal told tribunal judges Thursday they should allow Muslim lawyers to wear veils in their courtrooms unless it interferes with the "interests of justice", as long as their clients...
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Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed the country's new constitution Thursday, which limits his power to dissolve the parliament, gives the legislature the right to form the government and enlarges the parliament from 75...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday accused the British government of encouraging torture in a new report . HRW slammed the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair for attempting to lead evidence gained through torture ...
The German Federal Court of Justice ruled Thursday that because the country was not directly involved in the 1999 NATO bombings that killed 10 Serbs and injured 30, it is not...
Former Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar received a 12-year prison sentence and an $8 million fine Thursday after pleading guilty in April to charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice...
Former White House official David Safavian , convicted in June of lying and obstructing justice in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, received an 18-month prison sentence Friday....
A Florida appeals court overturned a lower court ruling Friday and granted state election officials permission to post polling area signs telling voters that ballots cast for Mark Foley would count as votes for his...
A federal judge Friday rejected a claim by US Air Force Academy graduates that a military chaplain illegally forced Christianity on them . US District Judge James A. Parker dismissed the case because the...
President George W. Bush insisted Friday that the US does not torture prisoners when asked whether he agreed with a comment by Vice President Dick Cheney that a "dunk in the water" is a "no-brainer"...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed for the first time Thursday that Hezbollah used cluster bombs during the recent conflict with Israel. According to HRW:International humanitarian law (the laws of war) obliges warring parties...
