The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday issued a new compliance manual that is meant to clarify how employers and employees should interpret anti-discrimination laws found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez said that the manual "applies to a wide range of contemporary discrimination [...]
Internet company Yahoo may be responsible for leading Chinese police to the identity of a pro-democracy activist who was sentenced to four years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday. Jiang Lijun was jailed in 2003 for allegedly promoting democracy through "violent means" on the Internet. According to Reporters Without Borders, Jiang's 2003 guilty verdict [...]
The Texas Third Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision dismissing a conspiracy charge against US Rep. Tom DeLay . DeLay was indicted on money laundering and conspiracy charges last year, but Senior District Judge Pat Priest dismissed the conspiracy charges , ruling that the former House majority leader could not be [...]
Certification of April 9-10 parliamentary elections, Italian Court of Cassation, April 19, 2006 . Excerpt: Il dianzi menzionato provvedimento del 16 marzo 2006 è stato adottato applicando le norme di cui agli artt.14 e segg. D.P.R. 30 marzo 1957 n.361 e successive modifiche e integrazioni, le quali non prevedono tra i requisiti di ammissibilità di [...]
The Israel High Court of Justice has ruled that the Israeli government can continue construction of the security fence it has been building around the city of Jerusalem, rejecting Palestinian requests for injunctions to delay work near several Palestinian villages. The court reasoned that because Palestinians would no longer be restricted in their travel in [...]
The Italian Court of Cassation on Wednesday confirmed that Romano Prodi , former Italian prime minister and head of a center-left coalition, was the winner of the disputed April 9-10 general elections over current Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi . The court certified the results after judges reviewed the validity of more than 5,000 provisional ballots, [...]
Nepal police on Wednesday arrested approximately 250 college professors who were protesting in the town Pokhara against the direct government of King Gyanendra . Organizers set up the demonstration in violation of government-imposed curfew meant to curb pro-democracy rallies . Gyanendra's government has previously announced that anyone violating the curfew would be immediately shot. Gyanendra [...]
The Federal Election Commission on Tuesday announced that mortgage corporation Freddie Mac has agreed to pay a $3.8 million fine to settle accusations that it directly raised campaign funds for members of Congress in violation of federal election laws. Freddie Mac agreed not to contest the charges brought by the FEC, and the FEC has [...]
Leading Tuesday's international brief, following China and Russia's block of an attempt to implement targeted sanctions in the UN sanctions committee on Sudan against four Sudanese officials alleged to have intentionally hindered the peace process in the Darfur region of Sudan, the US has proposed an official Security Council resolution that calls for the same [...]
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday that there has been a sharp decline in the number of asylum seekers globally and warned that asylum seekers worldwide face increasing threats as they are "portrayed not as refugees fleeing persecution and entitled to sanctuary, but rather as illegal migrants, potential [...]