The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) met on Monday to define key terms related to the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri . In particular, the STL...
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Lebanon tribunal meets to define ‘terrorism’ for Hariri case
Iran prison officials executed over protester deaths
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Joint Egypt panel to study constitutional reform
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Mississippi federal judge dismisses health care challenge
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US-Russia nuclear arms treaty enters into force
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Federal judge upholds detention of Yemeni at Guantanamo
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Cuba to free 2 more political prisoners
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Federal appeals court upholds terrorism conviction of Florida doctor
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Eleventh Circuit revives Colombia wrongful death suit against Alabama company
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Denmark court sentences Muhammad cartoonist attacker to 9 years
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The Iranian government has executed two men convicted of killing three anti-government protesters in prison in 2009, according to a report Sunday by pro-government website Khabarnameh Daneshjooyan. The execution of the two prison officials was reported [AFP...
The Egyptian government will meet with opposition leaders Sunday to study potential changes to its constitution , but opposition leaders are hesitant to believe anything will come of the effort . A committee of judicial and political leaders...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the health care reform law . Judge Keith Starrett ruled that...
The US and Russia on Saturday formally inaugurated the New START treaty , an agreement intended to reduce nuclear arms in both countries. At the security conference in Munich, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
A federal judge on Thursday upheld the detention of Mashur Al Sabri , a Saudi-born Yemeni citizen who was captured between Afghanistan and Pakistan and detained as an enemy combatant in December 2002. Sabri is currently...
The Cuban Roman Catholic Church announced Friday that Cuban officials have agreed to release two more political prisoners. The agreement includes allowing Angel Moya to stay in Cuba and Guido Sigler to go to the...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday voted 2-1 to uphold the conviction of a Florida doctor who offered to treat injured al Qaeda ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday revived a lawsuit against Drummond Company alleging that the company hired Colombian paramilitaries to assassinate plaintiffs' fathers. The plaintiffs brought suit against...
A Danish court on Friday sentenced Somali Islamist Muhideen Mohammed Geelle to nine years in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as...
