The US Supreme Court said Monday that it would consider whether the Clean Air Act requires the US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate "greenhouse gas" emissions from automobiles. The court granted...
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Supreme Court to consider whether EPA must regulate CO2 auto emissions
US lawmaker urges criminal probe against NYT for disclosing terror finance program
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UN rights expert demands investigation into death of Saddam lawyer, assails court
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UK in talks with US on release of British residents from Guantanamo Bay
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Mauritania approves constitutional change, preliminary results show
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Supreme Court strikes down Vermont campaign finance law
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Philippines president faces second round of impeachment challenges
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Spain judge begins investigation in Guatemala genocide case
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China court hands down death sentence for executive convicted of embezzlement
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Nepal commission summons former royal ministers in democracy crackdown probe
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US Rep. Peter King (R-NY) , chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee , encouraged the Bush administration in a FOX News interview on Sunday to press criminal charges against the New York Times, The...
UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Leandro Despouy has called for the Iraqi government to begin an independent investigation into the murder of Khamis al-Obeidi , a lawyer representing Saddam Hussein in...
The UK Foreign Office has begun talks with the US on the potential release of eight UK residents detained at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay into the custody of British authorities. The...
Mauritania citizens have approved changes to the country's constitution in a Sunday referendum by 80 to 90 percent, according to preliminary results announced Monday by the Interior Ministry. The changes are...
The US Supreme Court on Monday handed down decisions in five cases, including Randall v. Sorrell , consolidated with two other cases, where the Court struck down Vermont's Act...
Opponents of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo filed a new impeachment complaint against Arroyo on Monday, exactly one year after opponents filed an impeachment complaint on three other charges. The Philippine constitution allows only one...
Spanish judge Santiago Pedraz has begun his investigation into atrocities committed during Guatemala's 1978-86 armed conflict that included a 1980 military assault on the Spanish Embassy, killing 37 people. Pedraz traveled to Guatemala Saturday in response to a case...
Li Rongxing, a former oilfield chief, has been sentenced to death in China after being convicted of taking bribes and embezzling over $4.6 million in the people's intermediate court in Tai'an , newspapers in Beijing reported...
A high-level Nepalese commission probing the crackdown on the pro-democracy uprising in April of this year that eventually led to the restoration of parliamentary government summoned three former royal ministers Sunday, including a top...
