Islamic militant group Hezbollah violated international humanitarian law and likely committed war crimes by firing the rockets that have killed at least a dozen Israelis , whether...
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Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani says he has received a five-year prison sentence for disclosing confidential information and engaging in propaganda against the regime, even though neither he nor his lawyers appeared in...
AP is reporting that the US House of Representatives has defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage . House leaders scheduled the vote on the Marriage Protection Amendment [PDF text;...
BetOnSports PLC and its chief executive are among four corporations and 11 individuals indicted by a federal grand jury in St. Louis on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud for allegedly accepting illegal sports bets online. The...
Leading class-action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman has pleaded not guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges in US District Court in Los Angeles. In a message e-mailed to the media after Monday's arraignment, the firm...
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has expressed continued concern for the human rights situation in Iraq in its latest bi-monthly report , welcoming the new Iraqi government's "firm commitment to...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that President Bush personally put an end to an internal Justice Department investigation into the role DOJ lawyers played in designing the National Security...
Louisiana officials arrested a doctor and two nurses Monday night in connection with patient deaths at the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina hit last year. Though prosecutors have not...
A Dutch court on Monday rejected a request to ban a political party that wants to lower the age of sexual consent from 16 to 12, saying "the freedom to set up a political party" can be viewed as...
The US Senate continues debate Tuesday on embryonic stem cell research funding with a vote set for Tuesday afternoon on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act to provide government funding for stem...
