Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates said Monday that Portugal - which takes over the rotating EU presidency from Germany in July - would work to have negotiations pursuant to Saturday's landmark agreement on...
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Portugal seeking to have EU reform treaty approved by October
German prosecutors seek extradition of CIA agents in el-Masri rendition
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Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ruling [US SC]
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Faith-based program taxpayer challemge ruling [US SC]
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'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' student free speech ruling [US SC]
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Iran Nobel laureate claims government blocking release of US detainees
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Supreme Court takes four cases for 2007-08 docket
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Russia Supreme Court upholds Moscow ban on gay pride parade
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Son of former Israeli PM gets reduced sentence on appeal of corruption verdict
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China loosens proposed restrictions on media during national emergencies
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German prosecutors said Monday they will seek the extradition of 13 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents they believe to be responsible for the alleged 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of German national Khalid...
Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 . Read the Court's opinion per Chief...
Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 [reversing the Seven Circuit's ruling that taxpayers have standing to challenge a faith-based program created by a Presidential executive order, and holding that taxpayers do not have standing...
Morse v. Frederick, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 [reversing the Ninth Circuit's ruling that a principal unreasonably restricted a student's right to free speech, holding that the First Amendment does not require schools to tolerate at school events student...
Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi Monday accused the Iranian government of interfering in judicial affairs to prevent the release of two US clients currently detained...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in four cases to be heard next term. In Riegel v. Medtronic (06-179) the court will decide whether Food and Drug...
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld a 2006 Moscow ban on gay pride parades , dismissing an appeal by parade organizers . The decision handed down Friday upheld a Moscow...
A court in Tel Aviv ruled Monday on an appeal by Omri Sharon , reducing his prison sentence for corruption from nine to seven months. Sharon, son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, pleaded...
China's National People's Congress on Sunday revised a proposed law regulating media during national emergencies after delegates and local people's congresses criticized the law as improper. The proposal, first introduced last June, would have imposed...
