The Australian Senate on Thursday passed the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 which requires that cigarettes be sold in generic olive green packages, without brands or logos. The packages will also have warnings of...
Alleged al Qaeda senior leader Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri made his first court appearance Wednesday, his first public appearance since he was captured in Dubai in 2002. Nashiri is charged with war crimes [NYT...
The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether Apple and Samsung Electronics have breached EU antitrust laws in their dispute over smartphone patents. The investigation could potentially force Samsung to halt action [FOSS Patents...
A trial observer appointed by a coalition of human rights groups said Thursday that the trial of five pro-democracy activists charged with publicly insulting United Arab Emirates (UAE) leaders has been "grossly unfair" and "has no basis...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss a suit by Sprint to block the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA [corporate...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced comprehensive changes on Thursday to its national communications subsidy program to make high-speed internet access available in rural areas . The Connect America Fund ...
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . DOMA...
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Wednesday that establishes a truth commission to investigate human rights abuses from 1946 to 1988. The bill must now be...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced plans to develop standards for the disposal of wastewater from the process of hydraulic fracturing . Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process in which water,...
The Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) on Thursday filed a complaint in the Surrey Provincial Court on behalf of four men against former US president George W. Bush on torture charges...
