A coalition of 12 states, three cities and several environmental groups appealed to the US Supreme Court Friday in a bid to force the federal government and Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) "greenhouse gas" emissions from personal automobiles, citing the link to global warming. Read a National Environmental Trust press release announcing [...]
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US-based Eller & Co. said Friday that Britain's Court of Appeal has agreed to hear on Monday its petition for appeal against a High Court ruling approving the takeover of British shipping company P&O by United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World (DPW) , which would grant DPW control of six major US ports. The Court [...]
An Ethiopian court has rejected an application by three of 129 Ethiopian election protesters to have a separate trial and adjourned the trial of all 129 people until March 22. The charges, which include conspiracy, treason and genocide for some defendants, relate to mass demonstrations in the wake of Ethiopia's May 2005 elections where government [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court issued a 4-3 opinion Friday permitting the parents of an unhealthy child born as a result of negligent genetic counseling or negligent failure to diagnose a fetal defect or disease to sue for medical malpractice . The court held that parents can recover damages for the costs related to the pregnancy [...]
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the administration is not conducting any additional warrantless domestic surveillance beyond what President Bush acknowledged in December. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) disclosed the information in an interview with the Washington Post, saying that Gonzales responded to a fax she sent him regarding Gonzales’ February 28 letter to [...]
A Croatian district court in Split has convicted eight former soldiers on charges of torturing and killing Serb prisoners and Yugoslav army officers at the Lora military prison during the Serbo-Croat war in 1991. Of the eight, four were convicted in absentia, with sentences ranging from six to eight years in prison. The former soldiers [...]
Eric Schwartz , the UN's deputy special envoy for tsunami recovery on the protection of vulnerable communities in the tsunami region, concluded his 10-day assessment of the region by urging the countries affected by the 2004 disaster to do more to protect human rights. Schwartz commended the efforts made by the countries to provide the [...]
Lawyers for Army Sgt. Michael Smith, currently facing court-martial for allegedly torturing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison with unmuzzled dogs , have withdrawn a request for testimony from prison commander Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller . Miller's testimony was expected to help Smith's case, based upon findings in the 2004 Fay Jones report and [...]
Chinese police have detained protesters in preparation for the annual ceremonial start of session of the National People's Congress in Beijing and forced them to return to their homes, human rights groups said Friday. Protesters traveled from across the country to air grievances ranging from insufficient health care and redevelopment seizure to strict birth control [...]
Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks, has disclaimed information he provided about 30 Guantanamo Bay detainees, alleging that the statements were coerced by torture, TIME magazine reported Friday. Qahtani was refused entry into the US in August 2001 and was later captured in Afghanistan; he has since been held at [...]
