The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has agreed to a rehearing en banc to determine the constitutionality of an amendment to the Michigan Constitution banning affirmative action. Proposal 2 [text;...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sent a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) , which was circulated on Friday, seeking the formation of a mission to provide assistance to the new post-conflict authorities...

The US Senate Thursday voted 89-9 to approve legislation to amend the US patent system for the first time since 1952. The America Invents Act , sponsored by Congressman Lamar Smith (R)...

Telecom giant AT&T filed a response Friday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to the antitrust lawsuit initiated against it by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . The DOJ...

The US House of Representatives Friday voted 384-14 to pass a bill authorizing appropriations for intelligence activities for the next year after removing two provisions under a veto threat from the Obama Administration. The...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern Friday over increased ethnic violence in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" region between Christians and Muslims. The report states that up to...

The Supreme Court of Mississippi on Thursday ruled that an initiative seeking to redefine personhood can be placed on the November 2011 general election ballot. The initiative, Measure 26 , would amend the Mississippi Constitution...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday dismissed two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . In Virginia v. Sebelius [opinion,...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that France's ban on the cultivation of a genetically modified (GM) maize was illegal. Although France has the right to impose a ban on...

The UK Department of Health (DH) announced Thursday that it will lift the lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have had sex with other men. Britain introduced the lifetime ban in the 1980s...