The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated case of Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life , 06-969, and McCain v. Wisconsin Right to Life [merit...
Several hundred Thai monks rallied outside the parliament building in Bangkok Wednesday to demand that the new Thai constitution declare Buddhism the national religion. The ruling Council for National Security , headed by the Muslim General...
Mexico City legislators Tuesday passed a bill 46-19 that would legalize abortion within the city. The bill, proposed by the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) , will require city hospitals to...
The US Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday that Internet phone company Vonage can subscribe new customers while it appeals a lower court finding that it infringed three patents held by Verizon Communications,...
US military authorities Tuesday formally referred to a military commission charges of murder, supporting terrorism, conspiracy and spying in "violation of the law of war" against Omar Khadr , a Canadian detainee...
A Chinese court has found Yahoo China liable for copyright infringement by linking to websites that illegally offered free downloads of copyrighted music, Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday. Yahoo China was ordered to pay a fine of...
The Bangladesh High Court Thursday received a petition from a supporter of former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia Thursday to halt Khaleda's exile, arguing that the forced expulsion was a violation of her human rights....
The Italian Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the Italian government can seek to quash the indictments of 33 American and Italian agents who allegedly kidnapped Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [Wikipedia...
A Russian court Monday upheld a decision to move former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky from a Siberian penal colony to a Moscow prison while officials investigate new charges of money laundering [JURIST...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende Monday criticized efforts to create a new constitution for the European Union , saying in a joint press conference in...
