The French National Assembly on Thursday defeated a controversial internet piracy bill that would have cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material. Under the bill, which won...
Justice Ian MacDonnell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) , Canada's federal police force and the country's largest law enforcement entity, can...
The Council of the District of Columbia voted Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of Washington, DC. The bill, proposed by DC Councilman Phil Mendelson , was approved by a 12-0 vote....
A US immigration judge on Monday revoked a stay of deportation issued Friday for accused Nazi prison camp guard John Demjanjuk . The stay had been ordered Friday after Demjanjuk filed a motion...
A group of 17 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court Monday, asking...
Drug maker Pfizer reached a settlement Friday with the Nigerian state of Kano in a lawsuit over allegedly illegal clinical trials the company conducted in Nigeria in 1996. The national government and the state of Kano filed...
French President Nicholas Sarkozy said Friday that his country would accept one Guantanamo Bay detainee in a symbolic effort to aid the closure of the detention center. Sarkozy made the announcement...
The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would give the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the market for tobacco products. The bill, entitled...
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan can proceed with...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended its February decision Tuesday barring former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding elected office, pending the high court's final...
