Former Chongqing deputy police chief and high-ranking judicial official Wen Qiang was executed in China on Wednesday after an appeal of his corruption charges was rejected by the Chongqing Intermediate People's Court [official...
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China executes top judicial official for corruption, rape
Shipping companies, captain to stand trial for Australia oil spill
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Japan court convicts anti-whaling activist of assault, obstruction
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Hawaii governor vetoes same-sex civil unions bill
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France court sentences Noriega to 7 years for money laundering
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EPA proposes new rule to combat air pollution
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France parliament begins debate on bill to ban burqa
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DOJ files lawsuit against controversial Arizona immigration law
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UK panel to investigate torture allegations
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US soldier charged for releasing classified video, documents
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An Australian court on Wednesday ordered four companies and the captain of a cargo ship to stand trial over a 2009 oil spill that resulted in more than 53,000 gallons of oil being spilled into the coastal...
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday convicted New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune on five criminal charges in connection with boarding a Japanese whaling vessel as part of a protest in the Antarctic....
Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed same-sex civil unions . The bill, which would have conferred upon homosexual and...
A Paris criminal court on Wednesday sentenced former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to seven years in jail for money laundering. Noriega, whose trial began last week , was convicted of laundering $3 million...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced a proposed rule that will reduce air pollution transported across state lines and bring delinquent areas into compliance with federal and state...
The French National Assembly on Tuesday began debate on a bill that would make it illegal to wear the Islamic burqa or other full face veils in public. Under the bill, women...
The US Department of Justice on Tuesday filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Arizona seeking to permanently enjoin the state's controversial new immigration law [SB...
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that he will create a panel to investigate claims that British government agents were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects held overseas. The inquiry comes after 12 ex-detainees brought...
The US Army on Tuesday formally charged Pfc. Bradley Manning for leaking a controversial classified video of a 2007 US helicopter strike in Iraq and classified State Department documents....
