The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a torture suit against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld brought by...
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Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of Rumsfeld torture suit
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UN criticizes Sudan for human rights abuses
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Australia introduces cybercrime legislation, seeks to join international treaty
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Nephew of Tunisia ex-president Ben Ali sentenced to 15 years in absentia
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Bahrain military court sentences 20 activists
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Federal appeals court allows 9/11 suit against New York, New Jersey port authority
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JPMorgan reaches $153.6 million settlement with SEC
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Federal judge approves settlement in 15-year American Indian trust suit
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Syria president al-Assad grants amnesty for crimes committed during protests
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Chile court orders temporary suspension of hydroelectric dam project
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A UN official on Tuesday denounced continued human rights abuses against civilians in the South Kordofan region of the Sudan . The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos ...
The Australian Government on Wednesday introduced legislation aimed at reinforcing current cybercrime laws and improving Australia's international cybercrime security. Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland and Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Brendan O'Connor ...
A Tunisian court Wednesday sentenced in absentia nephew of ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali to 15 years in prison for issuing bad checks, according to a Tunisian state media report. A...
Bahrain's Lower National Safety Court sentenced 20 activists on Wednesdayeight to life in prisonfor anti-government protests conducted earlier this year. The convicted were charged with "plotting to topple the leadership of the Kingdom of Bahrain,"...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday permitted a lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) arising out of the terror attacks of September...
JPMorgan Chase & Co reached a $153.6 million settlement Tuesday for fraud charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commissionn(SEC) for allegedly misleading investors during the housing crisis. A settlement...
Judge Thomas Hogan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia Monday approved a $3.4 billion settlement in the American Indian trust class-action lawsuit. The suit has been...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday granted amnesty for "crimes" committed before June 20 during the protests that began earlier this year, according to a decree published in Syrian state media. Minister of Justice Judge Tayseer...
A Chilean appeals court on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of a USD $10 billion hydroelectric dam project in Patagonia. HidroAysen , a private Chilean venture, seeks to build five dams whose...
