A Moscow court on Thursday granted incarcerated Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky more access to his lawyers, allowing consultation with them during prison working hours. Khodorkovsky, the former owner of a Russian oil giant...
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Russia's Prosecutor General has requested that the British government extradite business tycoon Boris Berezovsky on charges of plotting a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin . In an interview...
Balvir Singh Multani and Balvir Singh Multani, in his capacity as tutor to his minor son Gurbaj Singh Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and Attorney General of Quebec, Supreme Court of Canada, March 2, 2006 [unanimously overturning a Quebec school...
Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul , a Guantanamo detainee from Yemen charged with conspiring to commit murder, to attack civilians and civilian objects, and terrorism, boycotted his military commission hearing again Thursday,...
The Georgia Senate passed a bill Thursday that would allow Georgians to use deadly force when they feel threatened in public areas. Bill 396 extends Georgia's current law by extending the...
The US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 12-1 Thursday to send a lobbying oversight bill to the full Senate, but the bill was stripped of a provision establishing an independent office with oversight over...
The US Senate has approved a long-term renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act by a vote of 89-10 . The vote was expected after the Senate approved amendments...
Members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday began hammering out an immigration reform bill in the face of several competing proposals that have bitterly divided lawmakers. Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter's Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of...
Libya freed 130 political prisoners on Thursday, among them 85 members of the Islamist opposition group Muslim Brotherhood , some of whom have been held since 1998. In 2002, the now-abolished People's Court sentenced the...
The Mississippi House Public Health Committee has approved a bill that would prohibit most abortions in the state, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has said that he plans to sign the legislation if both houses of...
