The Swiss Federal Council and Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) announced Friday that they will introduce legislation establishing stricter rules on assisted suicide after a consultation with local governments, government...
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Switzerland government to consider stricter rules for assisted suicide
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UN SG urges abolishment of anti-gay laws
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UN Security Council condemns DRC mass rapes, urges justice
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Sri Lanka ex-army chief convicted on corruption corruption charges
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US judge sentences Guatemala peasant massacre suspect to 10 years
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US Senate committee approves Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty
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HRW urges Lebanon to protect rights of domestic workers
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US terror suspects plead not guilty to additional charges of aiding al Qaeda
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Two ex-Guantanamo detainees transferred to Germany
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DOJ ends efforts to retry Merrill Lynch executive in Enron scam
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for countries around the world to abolish laws discriminating against gay and lesbian individuals . The message, read on his behalf by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
The UN Security Council on Friday issued a condemned the recent mass rapes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , calling for justice for the victims. In the statement, issued by...
Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka was convicted Friday by a court-martial on charges of corruption and sentenced to three years in prison. The court found that Fonseka gave preference to...
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a South Florida man to 10 years in prison and revoked his citizenship for concealing his involvement in a Guatemalan peasant massacre on his US immigration forms. Authorities claimed that Gilberto Jordan committed...
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted 14-4 to approve the so-called New START treaty between Russia and the US. Along with 11 Democrats, three Republicans voted for its passage,...
Lebanon should improve its judicial system by providing mechanisms to better protect the basic rights of domestic workers and more ardently prosecuting those who violate them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report ...
Two terror suspects accused of aiding al Qaeda pleaded not guilty Thursday to three additional charges. On Tuesday, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced a superseding indictment...
The US Department of Defense announced Thursday that two former Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Germany . German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said that state authorities...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday asked a federal judge to drop fraud and conspiracy charges against a former Merrill Lynch executive accused of taking part in the Enron Nigerian...
