Representatives of over 100 governments will meet Monday at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions to finalize a treaty banning the use, manufacture, and stockpiling of cluster bombs . Opponents of the...
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Nations to develop cluster bomb treaty in Ireland conference
Afghan journalism student appeals death sentence for blasphemy
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Bush election commission nominee withdraws, ends partisan stalemate
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed defense lawyers move to dismiss charges
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Texas group sues Chertoff to block border fence construction
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Pakistan lawyers to resume protests if judges not reinstated
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US to build new prison in Afghanistan
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Amnesty International ‘welcomes’ UK Mousa inquiry, calls for impartiality
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France court releases RIA Novosti Account
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US border fence class action complaint [US DC]
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An Afghan appeals court heard testimony Sunday from journalism student Sayad Parwaz Kambaksh , who was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender roles under Islam. Kambaksh denied the accusations in front...
Hans von Spakovsky, nominated by President Bush to serve on the six-member US Federal Election Commission (FEC) , withdrew his name from consideration for the appointment Friday. The withdrawal ends a two-and-a-half-year stalemate between the administration and Senate...
US military defense lawyers filed a motion Friday to dismiss charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the alleged director of the Sept. 11 attacks , and his four co-conspirators. The motion alleges that...
The Texas Border Coalition , a group of Texan officials and business owners, filed a class action lawsuit Friday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to enjoin the Department of...
Pakistani lawyers announced plans Saturday to hold large protests in June unless the new government fulfills a pledge to reinstate Supreme Court judges ousted last year by President Pervez Musharraf. Aitzaz Ahsan , President of...
The US plans to build a new military detention facility in Afghanistan as a replacement for its current make-shift prison at Bagram Air Base , the New York Times reported ...
Amnesty International welcomed Saturday the recently-announced public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa , an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died in British military custody in 2003....
A French court released a bank account belonging to Russian news agency RIA Novosti Friday. The account was frozen in January , along with other accounts belonging to several Russian state organizations. The court ruled that...
Texas Border Coalition v. Chertoff, US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 16, 2008 . Read the full...
