A Peruvian appeals court announced on Monday it has rejected the government's petition to overturn a lower court's decision to grant parole to Lori Berenson , a US citizen held since 1995 for collaboration with a Marxist rebel...
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The UN defended the human rights record of Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon Monday after criticism from Human Rights Watch (HRW) . HRW released an annual report Monday, which claimed that EU member states...
The Wyoming House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill that would prevent Wyoming from recognizing same-sex marriages and civil unions performed out-of-state. House Bill 74, Validity of Marriage, was passed by a 32-27...
The UN Secretary-General's special adviser on maritime piracy Jack Lang warned Security Council members on Monday that more needs to be done to bring Somali pirates to justice, proposing an international...
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled Tuesday that the court-martial of former army chief and parliament minister Sarath Fonseka was legal and bars him from serving in government. Fonseka had appealed...
French authorities on Tuesday transferred Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Callixte Mbarushimana to The Hague where he will stand trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...
US President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will nominate veteran Supreme Court lawyer and former clerk for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Donald Verrilli for the position of solicitor general . Verrilli, who...
Accused Arizona gunman Jared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty on Monday to three federal charges in the US District Court for the District of Arizona . Loughner is charged with attempting to assassinate a member...
Iran executed by hanging on Monday two protesters involved in the anti-government demonstrations that erupted after the 2009 presidential elections . The hangings are reported as the first executions involving activists that were arrested and detained after the...
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