Portugal's constitutional court has blocked a national referendum designed to relax the country's abortion laws. Prime Minister Jose Socrates and the ruling Socialist party had intended to hold the referendum on November 27...
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Portugal constitutional court blocks referendum on abortion law
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Alaska Supreme Court ends ban on same-sex partner benefits
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Fitzgerald Libby indictment press conference transcript [WP]
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Bush says Libby presumed innocent, due fair trial
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New York appeals court upholds ban on New Paltz same-sex marriages
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New Paltz same-sex marriage ban ruling [NY SCAD]
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Prosecutor confirms Libby told Miller about Plame
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Spanish court upholds arrest warrants for US soldiers in killing of journalists in Iraq
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Australian terror suspect to sue for British citizenship
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Libby CIA leak indictment [US DOJ]
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The Alaska Supreme Court issued an opinion Friday ending the state practice of denying benefits to same-sex partners of public employees. While the high court determined that the policy violated the equal protection clause of the Alaska...
Transcript of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's Press Conference, October 28, 2005 . Read the full transcript of the press conference via...
In a brief statement Friday afternoon outside the White House, President Bush called Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's "legal proceedings" against resigned Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby "serious", but stressed that Libby is presumed innocent...
A New York appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling banning New Paltz Mayor Jason West from performing same-sex marriages. The unanimous five-judge panel said West "acted beyond his authority" when...
Robert Hebel v. Jason West, New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, October 27, 2005 . Read the full text...
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , who served as chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney before resigning Friday following his indictment on obstruction of justice and perjury charges in the CIA leak case...
Spain's National Court Friday upheld arrest warrants for three US soldiers charged with the 2003 killing of Spanish journalist Jose Couso in Iraq. Couso was killed while filming for Spain's Telecinco network from...
Australian terror suspect David Hicks has confirmed his plans to sue the United Kingdom government over its disinclination to grant him British citizenship. Hicks was captured in Afghanistan four years ago and is...
US v. I. Lewis Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, October 28, 2005 [indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, US Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, on charges of obstruction of justice, making a false...
