The Oklahoma State Senate voted to approve five anti-abortion bills on Monday, sending three to Governor Brad Henry for his approval and returning two to the Oklahoma State House of Representatives . The first...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday encouraged the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to address continuing rights issues , including women's rights, treatment of migrant...
Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende on Monday proposed the establishment of an international tribunal in the Netherlands to try countries suspected of supplying nuclear materials to terrorists. The tribunal would be set in The Hague, already home...
US President Barack Obamas nominee to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) withdrew her candidacy on Friday. Dawn Johnsen , nominated as the OLC's Assistant Attorney General in January 2009, has...
An Equatorial Guinea court on Monday sentenced seven Nigerians to 12 years in prison for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace. Court president Antonio Pascual Ojo Ebobo found the Nigerians guilty of terrorism and said they...
The US Customs and Border Protection has arrested 115 Haitians who have crossed the border illegally since the January 12 earthquake , according to Sunday reports. Mark Henry, operations officer for the Border...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday threatened to imprison the head of the country's corruption agency for failing to meet a 24-hour deadline to reopen several corruption cases. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry [official profile; JURIST...
An Illinois Cook County Circuit Court judge ruled Monday that the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 is constitutional. While lifting the temporary restraining order on the law's enforcement, Judge Daniel Riley approved...
Nigerien police arrested a dozen former ministers and officials loyal to ousted president Mamadou Tandja late Sunday. The close aides to Tandja, including former finance minister Lamine Zeine, former justice minister Garba Lompo, and former minister of...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that Google did not violate trademark law by selling advertising linked to trademarked names. The court reasoned that Google...
