The New Jersey Supreme Court Monday ruled that Internet service providers may not turn over users' personal information to police or other agencies unless they obtain a valid grand jury subpoena when the information sought...
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Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," was admitted to a US medical facility in Iraq on Sunday, the US military said Monday. Al-Majid had reportedly been on a...
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear three cases , including the consolidated cases of US v. Eurodif (07-1059) and USEC v. Eurodif (07-1078) [docket; cert....
The US Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations Monday designed to implement the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 . In January, US President George W. Bush issued...
White House lawyers argued on Monday before a federal appeals court that White House visitor logs maintained by the Secret Service are executive branch documents and thus not subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The appeals...
The US Supreme Court Monday denied without comment petitions for certiorari filed by 10 death row inmates seeking to have their executions blocked. Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled ...
Australia has acquired exploration and drilling rights to an additional 2.5 million square kilometers of ocean shelf after a UN commission ruled that Australia's continental shelf extends farther than previously defined, the Australian government said Monday. The UN Commission...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai rejected calls for the reinstatement of a moratorium on the death penalty Monday, saying that while he prefers life sentences, he will abide by Islamic law's sanctioning of the...
Sergei Ordzhonikidze, director-general of the UN Office at Geneva , on Monday urged UN member states to advance the cause for human rights by increasing arms control efforts, saying that the improvement of human rights in developing regions...
An Indonesian judge handed down 15-year sentences to two leaders of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) , after convicting them on terrorism charges. The judge also ruled that JI is a terrorist...
