Several members of the anti-drug trafficking force of Mexican President Felipe Calderon , including Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino Terrazo , were killed Tuesday when their airplane crashed in Mexico City....
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Mexico minister who led anti-drug trafficking push killed in plane crash
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Federal judge rejects Hispanic challenge to Farmers Branch election system
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ICC prosecutor reasserts jurisdiction over Congo war crimes after new fighting
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Guantanamo Bay detainee transferred to Somaliland
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US voters consider contentious ballot measures amidst presidential race
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Supreme Court hears FCC, anti-dumping, habeas corpus cases
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Iraq VP calls for national referendum on US status of forces agreement
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China announces human rights plan
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Netherlands government proposing media shield law
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Federal appeals court reinstates Bhopal water pollution lawsuit
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A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by three Hispanic residents of the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch to change the city council...
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday reasserted that the ICC has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed in the Congolese province of North and South Kivu in the wake...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Tuesday announced the transfer of one Guantanamo Bay detainee to Somaliland. DOD hailed the move as proof of the effectiveness of its review processes and...
Voters in 36 US states considered more than 160 initiatives and referenda at the polls Tuesday, including ballot measures dealing with gay rights, abortion, affirmative action and illegal immigration . Probably the most closely watched...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three cases. In FCC v. Fox Television Stations , the court will consider whether the Federal Communications...
Iraqi Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi , one of two Iraqi vice presidents, called Tuesday for a national referendum on a proposed US-Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) . The agreement, which has been the...
The State Council Information Office of China announced Tuesday that the country will draft a plan to protect human rights. The panel being formed to draft the plan will receive input from more than 50...
The Dutch government on Tuesday announced that it has proposed legislation that would allow journalists to keep their sources secret from the government. The proposal comes two years after a Dutch...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday reinstated a water pollution lawsuit brought by survivors of the Bhopal disaster against US chemical producer Union Carbide . The litigation...
