US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson defended last month's EPA proposal to toughen standards for US air quality during testimony at a Wednesday Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing...
A Quebec court Wednesday sentenced former Canadian advertising executive Jean LaFleur to 42 months in prison for his role in the Canadian federal sponsorship scandal . Lafleur pleaded guilty in April to billing...
The Japanese Sapporo High Court Thursday upheld a 2004 lower court decision rejecting a lawsuit brought by Chinese plaintiffs who say they were forced to work as slave laborers in mines and factories during World War...
The Council of Europe (COE) reported Wednesday that several member states frequently fail to comply with judicial decisions against public authorities handed down by their own domestic courts. A COE expert panel determined last week...
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation Wednesday amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty . According to the law, death penalty sentences will be replaced with life sentences. The legislation also mandates that...
The US Senate Wednesday voted down two proposed amendments to the comprehensive immigration reform bill formally revived Tuesday. Both proposals were part of Amendment 1934 , sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA). A proposal...
Google is urging the US government , including the Departments of State and Commerce, the Office of the US Trade Representative , and various House and Senate committees, to fight the rise of global Internet...
The government of Canada , currently investigating whether detainees in Afghanistan were abused while in Canadian custody , will not make inquiries into allegations of torture or abuse after the detainees were transferred to Afghan officials...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Russian authorities were responsible for the deaths of four members of a Chechen family. The court ordered Russia to pay $114,000 to the family of...
The US House of Representatives Thursday passed a measure by 223-201 that would reverse a ban on contraceptive aid to overseas agencies that offer abortions. The measure, introduced by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) , is attached...
