Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan can proceed with...
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Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees habeas challenges proceed
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China orders prison review in response to inmate deaths
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UN Hariri tribunal seeks case documents from Lebanon
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Japan lawmakers form group to postpone implementation of lay judge system
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House approves bill limiting compensation at bailout companies
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Venezuela president offers to accept Guantanamo detainees
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Sweden parliament passes same-sex marriage law
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Madoff feeder fund charged with fraud in connection with investment scheme
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Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Alaska ship tax
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Federal judge grants habeas petition of Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
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China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced Wednesday that it would conduct a review of its prison system in response to the deaths of at least five inmates since February. The suspicious deaths include the...
The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has asked Lebanese authorities to turn over documents related to the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , according to a court order released...
Twenty members of the Japanese parliament, the National Diet, formed a nonpartisan group Wednesday in order to delay the implementation of a lay judge system in the country. The group has concerns over rules governing disclosure...
The US House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday which allows the Treasury Department to ban certain types of compensation at companies which receive federal bailout money from the Troubled Asset Relief...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that Venezuela would be willing to accept detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Chavez made his statements in an interview [El Universal report, in...
The Swedish Parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a gender-neutral marriage law, repealing a previous law on registered partnerships. The legislation would allow same-sex couples already partnered...
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Galvin filed a complaint Wednesday against Fairfield Greenwich Group alleging fraud for their involvement in the Bernard Madoff investment scheme. According to the complaint,...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Polar Tankers v. City of Valdez , where the Court will consider whether a municipal tax...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday granted a habeas corpus petition filed by Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Yasin Muhammed Basardh, ordering his release from the prison....
