Britain's General Medical Council , the body that registers and regulates British doctors, went to court Monday to clarify a 2004 ruling on a patient's right to treatment. Leslie Burke , who suffers from a...
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British doctors seek clarification of right-to-life ruling
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Kuwait approves women’s right to vote, run for office
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Supreme Court to rule on rights of disabled prisoners
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Jury selection begins in ex-professor’s terror trial
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Senate report claims Russian officials involved in oil-for-food scam
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Russian oil magnate guilty on six counts at fraud trial
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Supreme Court rules states can’t block direct interstate wine shipments
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EU vote in France still a close call as official campaigns begin
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Indonesia upholds sentence for Bali bombings conspirator
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Egypt denies torturing US terror suspects
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In a historic move Monday, the Kuwait National Assembly passed a law granting women the right to both run and vote in parliamentary elections. The legislation passed in the all-male parliament by a vote of 35 to...
The US Supreme Court said Monday that it will decide whether states and counties can be sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act for not making accommodations for disabled inmates in prisons. The Bush administration filed an...
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of a former computer science professor and three others accused of funding a terrorist group responsible for a bombing in Israel. Sami Al-Arian is charged with...
A US Senate panel reported Monday that Saddam Hussein's government provided Russian officials with millions of dollars in oil rights under the oil-for-food program in a bid to lift UN sanctions against Iraq. The report by...
Russian judges on Monday found oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty on six counts in his trial for fraud in connection with his management of the YUKOS oil company . Reading of the verdict...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may not pass laws banning out-of-state wineries from shipping wine directly to customers in state. The ruling strikes down New York and Michigan laws [state shipping laws from Wine...
The French yes and no campaigns on the proposed EU constitution officially began Monday with the two sides nearly deadlocked...
An Indonesian appeals court has upheld a two-and-a-half year sentence for Abu Bakar Ba'asyir , convicted in March for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings . The defense argued that the conviction wasn't based...
Egypt Sunday denied a recent Human Rights Watch report accusing it of torturing terror suspects transferred there by the US. The organization had accused Egypt of torturing prisoners which it said were transferred...
