Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Sunday dismissed calls from Amnesty International (AI) to publish the official death toll during the finals weeks of the armed conflict that...
Officials from the G8 countries on Saturday agreed to work toward establishing a system for trying pirates captured in African waters . The recent increase in pirate activity has created problems for where to try...
SB 283: An Act relating to domestic relations; providing for the registration and dissolution of domestic partnerships in the State of Nevada; setting forth the rights and responsibilities attendant to such partnerships; and providing other matters properly relating thereto, Nevada...
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith confirmed on Friday that Australia is considering the Obama administration's request that Australia accept six of the Uighur Guantanamo detainees who have already been cleared for release. Smith...
US President Barack Obama rebuked Republicans who would oppose his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court Saturday in his weekly address. The president predicted failure for...
The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court Friday to reject a petition for certiorari filed by 14 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay seeking their release. Taking the...
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that a convicted marijuana grower should not have to forfeit her house pursuant to a sentence since asset forfeiture may result in unequal treatment of convicted criminals. The...
A New York state appeals court ruled that a family court does not have jurisdiction over a child support claim against a same-sex partner with no legal or biological ties to the child. In an opinion released...
A prosecutor from the Spanish National Court has asked that arrest warrants be issued for three accused Nazi prison guards currently living in the US. Prosecutor Pedro Martinez Torrijos said that Johann Leprich [DOJ...
Defense counsel for Canadian-born media mogul Conrad Black on Thursday submitted an application for bail pending appeal to Justice John Paul Stevens of the US Supreme Court . The application...