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Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on the restructuring of the Afghan government involving removal or renaming of key bodies such as the Independent Election Commission, and Independent Human Rights Commission. For privacy and [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that the Viagra patent held by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is no longer valid, opening the door for generic competition. The court ruled 7-0...

Google on Monday offered to settle antitrust claims by the European Competition Commission (ECC) . The company's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt , sent a letter to ECC Joaquin Almunia [official...

The Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Sunday that nine lawmakers will be removed from their parliamentary positions for election fraud in the disputed September 2010 election . The representatives are to be...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday announced the dissolution of a special court he had established to investigate poll fraud in last September's parliamentary elections . The special court...

A special court in Afghanistan on Thursday overturned the election results of nearly 25 percent of the assembly seats due to poll fraud in last September's parliamentary elections . Head of the special court Sediqullah Haqiq announced the...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday announced a one-month postponement in the seating of the country's new parliament, following a request by a high court judicial tribunal asking for more time to look into...

Afghanistan's five-judge panel set up last week to investigate election complaints said Monday that it will issue rulings in time for President Hamid Karzai to seat the parliament as scheduled on January 20. Karzai...

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree Sunday allowing the country's Supreme Court to go forward with its plan to set up a tribunal to hear complaints of fraud during the September...

The Afghanistan Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Sunday disqualified 21 candidates who had participated in September's parliamentary elections for electoral fraud. The ECC disqualified the candidates after finding widespread irregularities in the...