After a federal judge ruled the NSA domestic surveillance program unconstitutional on Thursday, President Bush said Friday in an appearance at Camp David that he believes the ruling will be overturned on...
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Bush expects domestic surveillance program to be upheld on appeal
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Illegal immigration into US up sharply since 2000: DHS report
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Israel justice minister resigns over sexual harassment charges
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Trial of China rights activist disrupted by arrests of lawyers
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Rwanda may eliminate death penalty in 1994 genocide cases
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Japan court upholds death sentence for chemist in 1995 Tokyo nerve gas attack
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Chertoff calls on state lawmakers to support federal Real ID Act
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Mexico opposition party vows continued protests despite likely court loss
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Israel extends detention of Palestinian parliament speaker
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US prosecutors add tax evasion charges to case against ex-Hollinger CEO
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New statistics from the Office of Immigration Statistics in the US Department of Homeland Security estimate that there were 2.5 million more illegal immigrants living in the United States in January 2006 than there were in January...
Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon announced Friday that he will formally resign from his position on Sunday over allegations that he kissed a woman at a party without her consent. On Thursday, Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz...
The trial of blind Chinese human rights legal activist Chen Guangcheng for illegal assembly and intent to destroy public property was thrown into confusion Friday when Chinese police arrested three of his lawyers, who were accused...
The governing party in Rwanda is proposing legislation to eliminate the death penalty for genocide in an effort to encourage other countries to extradite suspects in the 1994 genocide that left...
The Tokyo High Court on Friday upheld Masami Tsuchiya's death sentence, handed down in 2004 after Tsuchiya was convicted for leading a Japanese cult's development of Sarin nerve gas used in the 1995 Tokyo subway attack . The...
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff urged state legislatures to support the federal Real ID Act at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) [official...
Leaders of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) , the Mexican political party led by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , the leftist candidate challenging the results of Mexico's disputed July 2 presidential...
An Israeli military court has authorized the continued detention of Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik until August 22. Dweik was arrested at his home in Ramallah on August 5 for being...
US federal prosecutors on Thursday charged former Hollinger CEO Conrad Black with additional counts of tax evasion in connection with the $2.1 billion sale of several hundred Canadian newspapers and alleged abuse of corporate...
