Venezuela's National Assembly has prohibited private television stations from presenting live coverage of its debates, according to reports printed Saturday. The restriction came after Globovision broadcast...
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Venezuela legislature restricts live media coverage
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Nicaragua high court overturns corruption conviction of ex-president
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Zimbabwe court rules rights activist Mukoko may appeal to Supreme Court
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Blagojevich lawyers to boycott impeachment proceedings
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Military judge rejects prosecution bid to delay hearing for alleged 9/11 conspirators
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Supreme Court takes IDEA, Fourth Amendment, and four other cases
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Outgoing CIA director defends use of controversial interrogation techniques
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Telecom warrantless surveillance assistance ruling [FISC]
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SEC chairman nominee committed to agency enforcement
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Europe rights court rules conviction of publishers violated freedom of expression
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The Supreme Court of Nicaragua on Friday overturned the corruption conviction of former president Arnoldo Aleman. Aleman was convicted of money laundering and embezzlement in 2003, after being accused of taking up to $100 million...
A Zimbabwe court ruled Friday that human rights activist and head of Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) Jestina Mukoko can appeal her detention to the country's Supreme Court. Mukoko's claim that her detention...
Lawyers for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced Friday that they will boycott impeachment proceedings against Blagojevich in the Illinois State Senate . The lawyers, Edward Genson, Sam Adam, and Sam Adam, Jr., will...
A military judge Friday rejected a motion by the Pentagon's chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay to delay the military commission hearing of the five detainees being held as 9/11...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in six cases. In Forest Grove School District, Petitioner v. T. A. , the Court will consider whether the Individuals with...
Outgoing Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Michael Hayden during a Thursday press conference defended the controversial interrogation techniques used to gather information in the "war on terror." Hayden strongly defended the CIA-termed "enhanced...
In Re: Directives * Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, August 22, 2008 ....
The Chairman-Designate of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Mary Schapiro on Thursday expressed her commitment to reinvigorate enforcement at the SEC during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled in favor of French publishers Olivier Orban and Xavier de Bartillat who were convicted in France in 2002 of defending war crimes...
