A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced democracy advocate Wang Rongqing to six years in jail on charges of subverting state power. The 65-year-old activist, who has pressed for democracy since the 1970s, was tried in Hangzhou City...
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China court sentences democracy advocate to six-year prison term
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Canada government orders deportation of female US soldier who avoided Iraq service
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Kenya president directs AG to review controversial media bill
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Turkish police arrest dozens over alleged coup plot
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Obama to appoint Harvard law professor to oversee government regulations
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Spain court begins trial for Basque leaders accused of meeting with banned party
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UK fraud office to investigate Madoff’s UK businesses for criminal offenses
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Second US soldier to face court martial for Iraq detainee deaths
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Sixth Circuit rejects EPA interpretation of Clean Water Act
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China warns ICC action in Darfur would be ‘disastrous’
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Former US Army Pfc. Kimberly Rivera who fled the US for Canada after serving in Iraq announced Wednesday that the Canadian government had ordered her deportation. She, along with her husband and children,...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Wednesday directed the attorney general and information minister to review a controversial media bill that gives power to a communication commission to regulate broadcasting with threats of fines or incarceration....
Turkish police on Wednesday arrested approximately 40 people, including three retired generals, in an investigation of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . Police searched the home...
US President-elect Barack Obama will appoint Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , according to reports Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal and Washington...
A Spanish court on Thursday began the trial of three Basque leaders accused of meeting illegally with members of the Batasuna party to negotiate a ceasefire with the illegal Basque separatist group ETA . Basque President Juan Jose...
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Thursday announced that it will open an investigation into the UK business operations of US financier Bernard Madoff to determine whether any criminal offenses have...
The US Army on Wednesday announced that Sgt. John Hatley will be court-martialed for his alleged role in the killings of four Iraqi citizens in April 2007. Hatley, along with soldiers Sgt. Michael Leahy, Jr....
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Tuesday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped its interpretive authority by classifying certain pesticides as exempt from a permitting process allowing...
The Chinese government on Wednesday warned that pressing war crimes charges against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in the International Criminal Court (ICC) would have "disastrous" consequences on the implementation of a...
