The Supreme Court of Japan Wednesday struck down part of a law which denied Japanese citizenship to children born out of wedlock to Japanese fathers and foreign mothers. The Court found that Article 3 of the Nationality...
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Japan court rejects law denying citizenship to illegitimate children of foreign mothers
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California court denies petitions to stay same-sex marriage decision
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Bangladesh police arrest over 10,000 in new security sweep
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Norway court acquits first suspects tried under new anti-terror law
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Ex-Khmer Rouge leader suffers stroke in detention pending trial
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UN rights council limiting press freedom to protect religion: journalist groups
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Greece justice minister denounces first same-sex marriages
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Proposed Pakistan constitutional amendments just stall tactic: bar group
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Darfur atrocities planned by Sudan government: ICC report
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US military judge dismisses obstruction charge in Haditha killings case
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The Supreme Court of California Wednesday denied bids by two conservative groups to stay the Court's May 15 decision overturning a ban on same-sex marriage in the state....
Bangladesh police have thusfar arrested at least 10,000 people in a major security sweep ahead of elections slated for later this year, national police chief Nur Mohammad told AFP Wednesday. The arrests, which began last week...
A Norwegian court Tuesday acquitted three suspects of terror charges laid for allegedly planning to attack the US and Israeli embassies in Oslo after finding that there was no binding and intentional agreement between them. The three had...
Former Cambodian head of state Khieu Samphan was hospitalized Wednesday after suffering a stroke. The fifth senior Khmer Rouge leader to be detained by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)...
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) accused the UN Human Rights Council of "undermin the freedom of expression in the name of religious sensibilities" in a resolution [text; press...
The Greek Minister of Justice Tuesday quickly condemned as legally "non-existent" the first same-sex marriages performed in the country by the mayor of a small Greek island. Sotiris Hatzigakis said in a statement that Tilos Mayor Anastassios...
A Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SBCA) committee Tuesday said the proposed constitutional amendment package is just an attempt by the Pakistan People's Party to delay addressing the reinstatement of ousted judges. The committee called for the...
Top Sudanese officials have been intimately involved in the planning, execution, and cover-up of atrocities committed against the civilian population of the country's Darfur region, according to a report to be delivered...
A Camp Pendleton military judge Tuesday dismissed one count of obstruction of justice against US Marine Corps 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson , an intelligence officer charged in connection with the November 2005 killings...
