Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman ruled Wednesday that Saddam Hussein will be permitted to testify on behalf of a co-defendant when his trial before the Iraqi High Criminal Court resumes on Monday. Abdel-Rahman said...
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Judge Constance Russell of Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia has ruled that the state's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional because the state constitutional amendment violates the single-subject rule, which prohibits voters...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday defeated a bill to amend the Nigerian constitution that would have allowed current President Olusegun Obasanjo to run for a third term in office. The bill, which failed...
The intelligence committees of the US Senate and House of Representatives will receive a full briefing on the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program , committee chairmen said Tuesday. In preparation for the...
Verizon Communications said Tuesday that it did not turn over phone records to the National Security Agency (NSA) , nor was it asked to do so, as was reported last week....
In a decision that some observers have hailed as a victory for "health tourism", the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that domestic health service programs must pay for patients who go abroad to...
The US Senate on Tuesday rejected a conservative amendment to proposed immigration legislation that would have required new US border security measures to be fully completed and fully operational before the government could implement a program...
Martin Scheinin , UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism, said Tuesday that US officials have been stonewalling investigations into allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency flew terrorism suspects through Europe to...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter and conservative members of the committee have struck a deal on Specter's proposed bill to clarify the legality of the National Security Agency surveillance...
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that accelerates planning for a United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region . US President Bush last week asked the Council [press...
