The UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) on Thursday made available additional funds for the government of Kuwait in an amount of around $1.3 billion for losses suffered during 1990-1991 Iraqi...
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UN releases additional funds for victims of Iraq invasion of Kuwait
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Kentucky man challenges federal hate crime law
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Advocacy group asks federal judge to block controversial employer insurance mandate
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Massachusetts Supreme Court rules Vermont civil union equivalent to marriage
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Germany court rejects Microsoft’s case against Motorola
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US official: Rwanda government conduct could amount to war crimes
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US, Amnesty International criticize Cuba for treatment of dissidents
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NYPD used excessive force and violated rights of protesters: report
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New York attorney general files Supreme Court brief challenging DOMA
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Kenya court lifts ban on independence group
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A man charged with kidnapping, assault and violating a hate crime law in an attack on a gay man filed a motion in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on Wednesday challenging the...
The Thomas More Law Center on Wednesday filed a motion in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan asking the court to block a controversial employer insurance mandate,...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled Thursday that an individual who is party to a Vermont civil union must first dissolve that civil union before entering into a marriage with a different person in...
A German court on Thursday dismissed the patent infringement case brought by Microsoft Corp. against Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility . Microsoft alleged that Motorola has unlawfully used its patent EP1304891 which monitors...
Rwandan leaders who aided armed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and supplied them with weapons, armor and recruits, including children may have committed war crimes, the leader of the US...
The US government and Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday criticized Cuba for the arrest and detention of more than 40 activists who were attending the funeral of prominent dissident Oswaldo Jose Paya...
The New York Police Department (NYPD) used excessive force and violated the rights of protesters who participated in the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, a report issued by a coalition of legal...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a brief with the US Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . DOMA denies federal recognition of...
A Kenyan court on Wednesday lifted the ban on a group that campaigns for the independence of a coastal strip surrounding the city of Mombasa. The three judges for the country's High Court held that...
