Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea will request release on bail when he appears in front of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) Monday for a pre-trial hearing relating...
Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan was detained Saturday at the Lahore airport after attempting to board a plane for the Sindh province , where he planned to visit the grave of former Pakistani...
Patricia Martinez v. County of Monroe, et. al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Division, February 1, 2008 . Read the full text...
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Saturday that he supports a proposed law that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party to return to their old positions in government. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri...
Turkey needs to lift its ban on women wearing headscarves at universities in order to improve the country's chances of accession into the European Union (EU) , Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Saturday. Turkey's Grand National...
The Taiwanese Central Election Commission said Friday that it has approved two separate referendums on whether to proceed with a proposed bid for United Nations (UN) membership. The referendums, first announced in June...
The US District Court for the District of Oregon ruled Friday that Oregon's domestic partnership law should be allowed to take effect, saying that opponents of the law failed to gather the necessary signatures...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reached a settlement with two immigrants who said they were forcibly drugged with sedatives during deportation proceedings, CNN reported Friday. As part of the agreement, Raymond Soeoth, a minister from...
A New York state appeals court on Friday unanimously ruled that the state must legally recognize valid out-of-state same-sex marriages . Patricia Martinez filed the lawsuit in Rochester, NY against her employer Monroe...
Mohammed Jawad Charge Sheet, US Department of Defense, January 31, 2008 . Read the full text of the charges . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....