The US Federal Reserve Board Sunday approved a controversial merger between Wachovia bank and Wells Fargo that had prompted a legal challenge from jilted corporate suitor Citigroup . Encouraged by the Federal Deposit Insurance...

A Kiev court Saturday blocked a decree by Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko dissolving parliament and directing parliamentary elections in the wake of the collapse of the governing coalition. The Kiev District Court made the ruling against the...

The Portuguese Assembly of the Republic on Friday voted overwhelmingly against two opposition proposals to legalize same-sex marriage . The two proposals, introduced separately by the Left Bloc and the Green Party [party...

The Alaskan Legislative Council on Friday released a report finding that Alaskan Governor and current Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin violated the state's Executive Branch Ethics Act by allowing personal...

A migrant worker in China's South Guangdong Province filed a lawsuit Friday against Chinese dairy producer Sanlu Group, the company at the heart of the tainted milk crisis which is blamed for four infant...

The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said Friday that it is investigating allegations made by two members of the US military that the National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropped on the personal conversations of members...

Thailand's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on Friday filed a petition to have the country's Constitutional Court dissolve the ruling People's Power Party (PPP) because of election...

The Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Connecticut Constitution requires that same-sex couples be allowed to marry. In a 4-3 decision, the court reversed a lower court's judgment, concluding...

The Seoul High Court Friday affirmed a suspended three-year prison sentence and fine for former Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee , but cleared Lee of a conviction for breach of trust. According...

Elizabeth Kerrigan et al. v. Commissioner of Public Health et al., Supreme Court of Connecticut, October 10, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported...