The Washington State House of Representatives has passed a bill by a vote of 73-22 that will require public and private schools to provide information about human papilloma virus (HPV) , a sexually transmitted...
The Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) called on Russia to deal with allegations of torture and abuse in the volatile Chechnya...
The US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania heard opening statements Monday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of two laws passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania that make...
An appeals court in Egypt has affirmed the four-year prison sentence imposed on Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil at a hearing Monday, according to court officials speaking to AP on condition of...
The jury presiding over the perjury trial of former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby returned a guilty verdict Tuesday after 10 days of deliberation in the case that began January 23....
A senate panel in Nigeria Tuesday indicted Vice President Atiku Abubakar on corruption charges stemming from the alleged diversion of $145 million dollars of public money to private interests, as well as...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday called on US President George W. Bush in a public letter to account for so-called "ghost prisoners" whose whereabouts and identities have been kept secret since September when Bush acknowledged...
Canada's House of Commons Tuesday voted against extending two provisions of the country's Anti-Terrorism Act that are set to expire March 1. The controversial provisions include a preventive arrest clause that allows...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in four cases . The two consolidated cases, Washington State Grange v. Washington Republican Party (06-713) and State of Washington v. Washington Republican Party...
Iraq's cabinet approved a draft oil law Monday outlining the development and distribution of Iraqi oil and giving the national government control over oil revenues, according to a senior Iraqi oil official. The proposed law now moves...
