The Supreme Court of California on Wednesday agreed to hear challenges to Proposition 8 , the ballot measure that amended the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, while refusing a petition to...
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California high court agrees to hear Proposition 8 challenges
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First Circuit supports return of painting taken from Jewish gallery owner by Nazis
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Suspected Somalia pirates captured by UK charged in Kenya
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Federal appeals court vacates Locy contempt order in anthrax reporting case
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UN experts call for retrial of Myanmar activists
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Refugee treaty obligations served through humanitarian aid: UN official
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US Navy defense lawyer allowed access to restricted Guantanamo camp
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Russia judge closes journalist murder trial due to jury fears
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Rights group calls for international probe of civilian deaths in South Ossetia conflict
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Nepal Supreme Court approves same-sex marriage
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The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday upheld a grant of summary judgment for the plaintiff by the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island in an...
Eight Somalis were charged in a Kenyan court for piracy on Wednesday after being turned over to Kenyan officials by the British Royal Navy . The suspected pirates were captured by the HMS Cumberland [official...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has vacated a district court judge's contempt order against former USA Today reporter Toni Locy in connection with...
A panel of UN experts on Wednesday urged authorities in Myanmar to retry political and religious prisoners. The group, including Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Public Health Officer Heiko Hering said Wednesday that the large-scale anti-malaria effort recently launched by the United Nations Foundation is part of fulfilling the service obligations of the Convention and Protocol...
Navy defense attorney Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier was given rare access on Wednesday to Camp Seven , a special Guantanamo camp for alleged al Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees" at the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...
A judge for the Moscow District Military Court on Wednesday ordered that the trial of three men accused in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya be closed to the public. This essentially reversed his...
Amnesty International (AI) called Tuesday for an international investigation into the deaths of civilians during the August 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia . A new...
The Supreme Court of Nepal has directed the country's government to end sexual orientation-based discrimination and to extend equal rights to gender minorities, including same-sex marriage . The order, made Monday, came in a lawsuit...
