Malaysia's Federal Court, the highest court for civil cases, Wednesday rejected an appeal by Lina Joy, who sought to change her religious affiliation on her government registration card from Islam to Christianity. The high court's ruling upheld a lower...
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Asian and European countries agreed Tuesday to set new international emissions standards by 2009, after a two-day conference in Hamburg, Germany that included representatives from over 40 nations. Supporters of the new deadline said it was necessary in light...
The Bangladeshi interim government arrested seven prominent citizens Tuesday in the latest chapter of its anti-corruption campaign . The military-backed regime detained four former government ministers, two mayors, and an ex-president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in four cases to be heard next term. In Hall Street v. Mattel (06-989) the court will resolve a circuit...
In Need of Redevelopment: Repairing New Jersey's Eminent Domain Laws, Abuses and Remedies, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, May 29, 2007 [finding that New Jersey's eminent domain laws provide "overbroad statutory authority" that allows the government to take...
Opinion No.2/2007 (Myanmar), UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, May 29, 2007 . Read...
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., US Supreme Court, May 29, 2007 [holding that an employee cannot bring a lawsuit for pay discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for alleged discriminatory actions that occurred...
UK government terrorism law watchdog Lord Carlile of Berriew Tuesday warned against the country opting out of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in the process of adopting tougher anti-terrorism legislation and...
Three Russian deputy police chiefs charged with criminal negligence in connection with their conduct during the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis in which over 300 civilians were killed received amnesty from a...
A South Korean appellate court Tuesday upheld the conviction of two Samsung executives connected with illegal stock trading . Tae-Hak Huh and Ro-Bin Park were convicted of breach of duty in 2005 for selling a controlling...
