UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned the killings of protesters along the border between Golan Heights and Syria. Pillay reported that between 30 and 40 protesters had been killed by...
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Syrian and international human rights groups on Monday urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the hundreds of civilian deaths during protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad . The ICC prosecutor's office indicated it...
Eric Lipkin, payroll manager for Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC, pleaded guilty on Monday to six criminal counts in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York related...
The US Senate Tuesday approved Donald Verrilli, Jr , as the next Solicitor General by a vote of 72-16 , taking the position left open since Elena Kagan was sworn in [JURIST...
The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Monday that a same-sex couple married in Canada can get a divorce in Wyoming. The couple was legally married in Canada in 2008 and began divorce proceedings in Wyoming, where the...
The Connecticut Senate on Saturday approved by a 19-18 vote SB 1014 which provides for the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana. The vote was at 18-18 until Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman ...
Four former security guards for Blackwater , now known as Xe Services , on Monday filed a petition challenging an appeals court ruling that reinstated a manslaughter case against them. The suit revolves around...
Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako on Monday appealed the refusal by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to transfer two cases against high-ranking Kenyan officials for their alleged involvement in the violence after the 2007 Kenyan...
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) prosecutor Serge Brammertz said that the arrest of accused Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic was "significant on many levels" but questioned...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in Martinez v. Regents of the University of California , thereby rejecting a challenge to California's policy of granting in-state tuition for state...
