Canadas House of Commons voted 175 to 123 Thursday against reopening debate on same-sex marriage . The result effectively upheld Canadas 2005 law allowing equal marriage rights for same-sex couples , passed under...
Finland's parliament voted to ratify the proposed European Constitution Tuesday, taking steps toward becoming the 16th country to ratify the charter as Finland's six-month presidency of the European Union comes to a close....
Italian prosecutors on Tuesday asked a judge to issue indictments for 26 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents and five officials from the Italian Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI) , including former SISMI chief Nicola...
The Iraqi Interior Ministry has announced that it is forming a specialized unit to monitor news coverage. A ministry spokesman told AP the unit was designed to correct fabricated and false news that he claims gives...
The US Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced Friday that it has settled 45 lawsuits concerning 22 priests accused of clergy sexual abuse for $60 million. Ray...
The US Federal Election Commission is asking for public approval of new proposed policies , one of which would reduce penalties for politicians and contributors who voluntarily report their own potential violations of campaign finance laws....
Authorities in India have charged 30 people for their connections to the July 11 Mumbai train bombings which left 185 dead and approximately 700 injured. The suspects, mostly Muslims, include 15 Pakistanis and...
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has asked that the financial institutions being sued by and counter-suing bankrupt Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA [corporate website; JURIST news...
Supreme Court offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be decentralized and spread to various parts of the capital city of Kinshasa, or even to other Congolese cities, following fire damage to one-third of the...
An Iraqi general and three senior officers have been arrested on accusations of corruption, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zawba'i told Reuters Wednesday. Although the reported arrest has not been confirmed by the US...
