The Russian Prosecutor General's Office announced Friday that it has begun an investigation of newspaper editor Anna Smirnova whose newspaper Nash Region reprinted controversial caricatures of Muhammad this week as the first Russian media outlet to do so. Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the publications of the cartoons that have sparked protest worldwide since their [...]

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In comments after a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations Friday, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld flatly rejected the United Nation's call for the US to shut down its military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay , asserting that the facility currently holds several hundred terrorists who would pose a substantial security risk to [...]

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The US Supreme Court Friday scheduled new oral arguments in a whistleblower free speech case where the Court initially deadlocked 4-4. In Garcetti v. Ceballos , a Los Angeles county prosecutor claimed he was demoted for testifying that a deputy sheriff lied in a search warrant affidavit. During the first round of oral arguments in [...]

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The Georgia House of Representatives approved a bill Friday protecting physicians who assist the state in performing lethal injections. The bill, which overwhelmingly passed the House 157-1, would protect any doctor or medical professional assisting in an execution from having their state license challenged, suspended or revoked. The bill now moves on to the Senate. [...]

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US District Court Judge Marcia Cooke on Thursday upheld a previous district court ruling denying bail for alleged "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla , agreeing with federal prosecutors who say his history of skipping bail makes him a flight risk, and that he would pose a significant threat to the community if released. Padilla, whose trial [...]

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