Search Results for: IRA

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, has been at the center of much debate in the past decade. The process has had an enormous impact on the energy industry in the US, particularly with regard to natural gas markets. Natural gas will...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two new cases on Monday. In Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. the court will hear arguments the deadline for filing...

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Wednesday entered a temporary stay to a subpoena from the British government seeking research materials from Boston College . The British government is attempting to...

The Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterr announced Tuesday that a three-judge panel will investigate the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat . The investigation was prompted in August by...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Vartelas v. Holder that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) , a law designed to deny re-entry to immigrants who have committed...

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit unanimously ruled to restore the Roadless Rule , ending a 2008 national injunction . The Roadless Rule blocks road-building and commercial timber harvesting on expanses...

The British government announced Thursday that it would pay reparations to the families of those killed or wounded in Northern Ireland's 1972 Bloody Sunday, the day on which members of the British Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil...

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) for Northern Ireland announced Tuesday that it is considering whether to file charges against the British soldiers responsible for civilian casualties in the 1972 Bloody Sunday attack in Londonderry....

The UK Bloody Sunday Inquiry released a report Tuesday concluding that casualties resulting from a 1972 attack on Northern Ireland civilians by British forces were unjustified. The inquiry was launched in 1998 by former prime minister...

The Irish Special Criminal Court on Wednesday dismissed the case against the only man criminally convicted for a role in the 1998 Omagh bombing , finding that the evidence against...