Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam announced Saturday that his country will begin to try and imprison suspected pirates . Ramgoolam, who announced the policy after meeting with EU security officials, said that Mauritius had to act to protect its interests in fishing and tourism. Mauritius joins three of the region's nations – Kenya, Tanzania and [...]
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Attorney General Terry Goddard on Friday filed a motion in the US District Court for the District of Arizona to dismiss a case challenging the validity of the the state's controversial immigration law. The suit was filed by Washington-based researcher Roberto Frisancho, alleging that SB 1070 would lead to him [...]
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday voted to launch an investigation into allegations made by HTC Corp accusing Apple of patent infringement on certain portable electronic devices. HTC filed a complaint with the ITC in May claiming that Apple had infringed on five of HTC's patents, and is seeking an exclusion order and [...]
The Sri Lankan government announced Friday that the country's Cabinet has voted to remove presidential term limits that restricted presidents from serving more than two terms in office. The Cabinet also approved changes to the Sri Lankan Constitution to give the president the power to appoint the members commissions that oversee elections and human rights [...]
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Friday called on the UN Security Council to support the arrest of two Sudanese men indicted for war crimes. The suspects, Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb , are wanted for crimes related to the ongoing violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Ocampo urged the Security [...]
Google claims that its collection of private information over Wi-Fi networks for its Street View maps was inadvertent and did not violate any laws, according to a letter released Friday by the Energy and Commerce Committee of the US House of Representatives . Last month, committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-TX) [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday adopted an amendment to the Rome Statute including a definition for the crime of aggression and creating jurisdictional conditions for prosecution. The amendment was adopted after ICC nations reached a compromise on the definition and implementation of the offense as the Review Conference of the Rome Statute came [...]
Nicole Nishimura "The California Environmental Rights Alliance is an environmental justice organization based in Southern California – home to the worst air quality in the United States. Our organization works with those hardest hit by the effects of pollution. Oftentimes the most polluted neighborhoods are in low-income communities and communities of color – those least [...]
The Icelandic Althingi on Friday unanimously passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage . The legislation would end the system of registered partnerships that has been in place in Iceland since 1996, replacing it with a gender-neutral marriage law. Additionally, the marriage law contains a religious exception, allowing the Church of Iceland to decline to perform marriages [...]
The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Thursday removed Attorney General Conrado Reyes from power. Reyes was appointed to the position by Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom late last month, but he came under close scrutiny earlier this week when the head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) , Carlos Castresana, accused him of having [...]
