The US Senate Wednesday voted 69-28 to approve a bill amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies participating in the NSA warrantless surveillance program [JURIST news...
Attorney General Michael Mukasey denied Wednesday that proposed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) guidelines would allow agents to open terror investigations based solely on a person's race, religion, or ethnicity. Testifying at a meeting ...
The upper house of the Dutch parliament voted 50-15 Tuesday to approve the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon . Last month, Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende [official...
The US Department of Health and Human Services Monday hosted a discussion with genetic scientists, advocates and direct-to-consumer (DTC) genome mapping companies Navigenics, DeCode Genetics, and 23andMe to discuss regulatory concerns. DTC genetic testing allows...
An apparent assassination attempt against Palestinian Authority Attorney General Ahmed al-Moghani failed in the West Bank town of Ramallah Tuesday when a bomb placed in his car exploded as he stood several feet away. Al-Moghani was...
US President George W. Bush called on Congress Tuesday to reject amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that would deny telecom companies retroactive immunity for participating in the NSA warrantless...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Tuesday ruled that the government can require convicts to receive injections of anti-psychotic medication as a condition of their supervised release. Philip Holman repeatedly failed to...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday granted the suspensive effect of the prosecutors' appeal against the release of Congolese ex-militia leader Thomas Lubanga . The granting of the appeal...
A UN spokesperson said that East Timor police used teargas on a group of 200 students who were demonstrating before the National Parliament on Monday. Police reportedly used force against the students and arrested...
The Sudanese parliament Monday passed a long-anticipated electoral law that is expected to ease the country's transition to democracy. The law establishes that 60 percent of parliamentary seats will be chosen by majority voting, while the remaining 40 percent...
