Israeli forces arrested 12 Hamas leaders during raids in the West Bank Thursday. Among those seized were former Palestine deputy prime minister Nasseredin al-Shaer and Hamas officials Adnan Asfur and Raafat Nassif. The...
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Israeli forces arrest Hamas leaders after release efforts for captured soldier fail
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DOJ to end raids on medical marijuana facilities not violating state law: Holder
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US judges approve new ethics rules
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Italy CIA rendition trial delayed while high court frames reasons for excluding evidence
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New Mexico governor signs bill repealing death penalty
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Singapore judge fines WSJ-Asia editor for criticizing judiciary
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SEC charges Madoff accountant with fraud
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will no longer prosecute owners of medical marijuana facilities that do not violate state law, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday. Although the use of medical marijuana violates federal...
The US Judicial Conference has published a revised Code of Conduct for federal judges in the country. The revision, published Tuesday, updates the code from its last revision in 1992, and the conference said...
The Italian judge presiding over the kidnapping trail of 26 Americans and seven Italians on Wednesday postponed the trial until April 22. Judge Oscar Magi suspended the case in order to allow Italy's Constitutional...
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) on Wednesday signed a bill which repealed the use of the death penalty in the state. The bill replaces the use...
A judge for the Supreme Court of Singapore ruled Thursday that a Wall Journal Journal Asia (WSJ-Asia) editor was in contempt of court and personally liable for damages for publishing two editorials...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday charged accountant David Friehling with fraud for his alleged role in the securities fraud scheme committed by financier Bernard Madoff . In...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday called on US Attorney General Eric Holder to commission a special prosecutor to investigate tactics used by CIA interrogators against terrorism...
A US magistrate judge in South Carolina ruled Wednesday that suspected al Qaeda operative Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri must remain in prison as the criminal case against him proceeds. Judge Robert Carr denied al-Marri's...
The High Constitutional Court of Madagascar announced in a radio address Wednesday that it would accept the military's decision to install opposition leader Andry Rajoelina as the...
