Tuesday marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) , and is celebrated as International Human Rights Day . The occasion will be commemorated with a number of special events at the...
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World marks 60th anniversary of international rights declaration
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Whole Foods seeks injunction against FTC on merger trial
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Alleged 9/11 conspirators postpone offers to plead guilty at military commission hearing
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Federal court rules US decision to deny visa to South Africa scholar subject to review
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Russia commission to examine whether Soviet Union art sales lawful
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Supreme Court hears search and seizure, habeas cases
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Holder AG confirmation hearings to begin early January: Leahy
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EU Kosovo rule of law mission begins operations
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FBI agents arrest Illinois governor on corruption charges
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Federal judge orders indicted Blackwater guards to report to DC court
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Whole Foods Market filed an action in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday requesting an injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from holding an administrative...
Three out of five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , on Monday postponed their offers to plead guilty to the charges...
The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Monday ruled that it has the authority to review a decision by the US consulate in South Africa that denied a visa to a...
A Russian government commission is examining the legality of the Soviet Union's pre-World War II artwork sales, an official from the State Hermitage Museum said on Tuesday. Museum director Mikhail Piotrovsky said in his St. Petersburg state-of-the-museum...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Arizona v. Johnson , the Court heard arguments on whether the Fourth Amendment permits a...
US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Monday told reporters that confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder would begin in January, as soon as the Senate reconvenes. Leahy, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee...
The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) formally began operations Tuesday. EULEX is a civilian mission under the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) replacing the United Nations Mission in Kosovo...
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested Tuesday by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on charges of corruption . They have both been charged [DOJ...
A federal judge in Utah ruled Monday that five indicted Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians must report to a DC court. Lawyers for the...
