US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Sunday for Congress to repeal the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy before the inauguration of the 112th Congress in January. Following...
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Gates calls for repeal of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ before seating of new Congress
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Federal appeals court rules death row inmate must appeal directly to Supreme Court
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Taiwan ex-president Chen acquitted in bank merger fraud case
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Rights group asks Supreme Court to suspend ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
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Peru judge reinstates parole for US woman held for involvement with rebel group
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DC Circuit orders further review of Guantanamo detainee release order
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Nebraska high court declines to rule on local immigration ordinance
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Kenya court acquits 17 on piracy charges
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US defends rights record at first ever UN review
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UK court begins Iraq detainee abuse hearings
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The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected a petition from Troy Anthony Davis on Friday for a certificate of appealability (COA), ruling that Davis must appeal his...
Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian and 21 co-defendants, including his wife and other relatives, were acquitted on Friday of charges of money laundering, breach of trust and insider trading. Taipei District Court [official website,...
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) on Friday filed a petition asking the US Supreme Court to rescind the stay preventing the suspension of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) [10...
A Peruvian judge on Saturday reinstated the parole of Lori Berenson , a US citizen held since 1995 for collaboration with a Marxist rebel organization. Berenson has served three-quarters of a 20-year sentence, making her eligible for parole...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ordered further review of a lower court decision to release Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Olud...
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday declined to rule on a local ordinance banning the hiring, harboring or renting of property to illegal immigrants . The US District Court for the District of...
A magistrate in Mombasa, Kenya, found 17 accused Somali pirates not guilty Friday, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The accused denied involvement in the 2009 attack...
The US government's human rights record came under criticism Friday during the country's first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) . Among the criticisms leveled at the US were the treatment...
A UK High Court in London began hearings Friday to determine whether abuse claims brought by 142 Iraqis against UK military personnel should be subject to public inquiry after Defence Secretary Liam Fox refused...
