Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan testified Friday that he was unaware of any criminal wrongdoing by administration officials who leaked the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame . Appearing before the...
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Ex-press secretary McClellan denies administration cover-up of CIA name leak
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China reports release of Tibetan demonstrators
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House passes FISA amendment granting telecom immunity
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EU leaders putting off Lisbon Treaty discussion to October
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Canadian reproductive regulation ruled too broad, violates provincial authority
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NGO names worst violators of refugee rights, criticizes border policies
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Germany convicts Iraqi for al-Qaeda recruitment material distribution
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South Africa must accept Zimbabwean refugees: HRW report
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UN Security Council condemns sexual violence as war tactic
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Bolivia constitution reforms called illegitimate, may lead to violence
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China has released more than 1,000 protesters detained by authorities during March demonstrations in Tibet Friday, according to comments attributed to a Chinese official by state press agency Xinhua. Speaking at a press conference on the Olympic...
The US House of Representatives Friday passed a compromise version of a bill amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and including a controversial provision granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications...
The European Council agreed at a Friday meeting of government leaders in Brussels to reconvene in October to discuss the future of the Treaty of Lisbon . Last week, Irish voters...
The Court of Appeal of Quebec ruled Thursday that a national law which regulates the use of human embryos and bans human cloning encroaches upon provincial authority. The court held that regulatory...
European nations are among the worst violators of refugee rights because of the countries' strict border policies and their treatment of refugee seekers, according to a report released by the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants...
A German court convicted an Iraqi man for disseminating terrorist materials online in an attempt to recruit members for al-Qaeda on Thursday. The man, Ibrahim Rashid, an Iraqi political refugee of Kurdish descent, was convicted on...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Friday urging South Africa to grant temporary asylum and work permits to Zimbabweans who have fled to the country. The group said that the South African...
The UN Security Council Thursday condemned the use of sexual violence against civilians as a war tactic, saying that it can be "a war crime, a crime against humanity, or a constitutive...
Several Bolivian opposition groups have said that the nation's new constitution is illegitimate, alleging that supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales used legal loopholes to rush its approval. An International Crisis Group [official...
