A key member of a five-person panel convened last week by Pakistan's coalition government to draft a parliamentary resolution to reinstate judges ousted by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has quit, according to local media reports Monday. Retired Justice Fakhruddin...
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Pakistan jurist quits committee drafting resolution to restore ousted judges
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Indonesia police arrest alleged 2005 Bali bomb plotter
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Texas judge sets execution date for Mexican national at center of ICJ case
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Myanmar constitutional referendum to proceed despite cyclone deaths
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Malaysia court accepts Catholic newspaper challenge to ‘Allah’ translation ban
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Suspected pipe bomb explodes outside San Diego federal courthouse
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Australia capital region abandons plan to recognize same-sex civil union ceremonies
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Bolivia president rejects regional autonomy referendum
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Japan activists protest against calls for constitutional reform
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UN disability rights treaty enters into force
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Indonesian authorities have arrested an alleged member of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in connection with the 2005 Bali bombings that killed 20 people and injured over a hundred,...
A Texas court Monday set the execution date for Mexican national and Texas prisoner Jose Ernesto Medellin for August 5, after the US Supreme Court ruled in March that President George W....
A scheduled May 10 referendum on a draft constitution proposed by Myanmar's ruling junta will proceed as planned despite a devastating weekend storm that left an estimated 4000 people dead and thousands more homeless,...
The Malaysian High Court Monday accepted a challenge by Malay-Roman Catholic Herald newspaper to a government ban on using the word "Allah" as a synonym for "God," rejecting the government's argument that the lawsuit by the Kuala...
One or more suspected pipe bombs exploded early Sunday morning outside the federal courthouse in San Diego, California. No warning was given of the blast but no one was hurt. The front entrance of the Edward J. Schwartz US...
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Sunday abandoned a proposal to legally recognize same-sex civil union ceremonies after the Australian federal government threatened to veto Civil Partnerships Bill 2006 if it passed the ACT...
Bolivians in the state of Santa Cruz participated in a regional referendum Sunday on greater autonomy from the Bolivian national government despite opposition from Bolivian President Evo Morales , who characterized the...
Thousands of activists protested in Japan on Sunday in opposition to efforts to amend the country's pacifist constitution . Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, drafted during the American occupation of Japan after World War II,...
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force Saturday, one month after Ecuador became the 20th country to ratify the treaty . The landmark UN disability rights treaty [JURIST...
