Peru president urges Congress to allow death penalty in terrorism cases
Peruvian President Alan Garcia has called on lawmakers to authorize the death penalty for terrorism offenses . In a speech to the Peruvian Congress Monday, Garcia urged lawmakers to "give the necessary...
Dutch minister stripped of immigration duties after refusing to halt deportations
The Dutch Parliament voted Thursday to strip Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk of responsibility for setting immigration policy and to temporarily halt the deportation of failed asylum seekers. Verdonk, known domestically as the "Iron Lady" for...
The US Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland has settled child sex abuse lawsuits with about 150 people, court-appointed mediators US District Judge Michael Hogan and Oregon Circuit Judge Lyle Velure announced [news...
The US House of Representatives Wednesday rejected by a vote of 250-162 a controversial bill that would have mandated medical practitioners to inform women seeking an abortion after 20 weeks of the pain the...
US grand jury indicts son of former Liberian president Taylor
Charles McArthur Emmanuel, also known as Roy Belfast Jr. and Charles Taylor Jr., son of former Liberia president Charles Taylor, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in the...
In two separate rulings on Friday, Chinese courts rejected the appeals of a journalist and rights activist who challenged the government. In a five-minute session, the Beijing High Court rejected an appeal by Zhao Yan , a...
Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, Virginia Court of Appeals, November 28, 2006 [ruling that Virginia state courts have a constitutional obligation to defer to the rulings of Vermont courts in a child custody dispute involving two lesbian parteners who had entered into...
Virginia court says lesbian child custody dispute governed by Vermont law
The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Virginia state courts had a constitutional obligation to defer to the rulings of Vermont courts in a child custody dispute involving two lesbian partners who had entered...
ICC prosecutors urge war crimes trial for Congo militia leader
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court urged the court Tuesday to confirm war crimes charges against Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga . Lubanga, founder of the militant Union of Patriotic...
The National Education Association (NEA) joined three school districts on Tuesday in appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the funding of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) [PDF text; executive summary; US...
