The British House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee released a report Wednesday recommending that the government "bring forward proposals" to the European Commission "for an extension of copyright term for sound recordings to at...
The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCR) filed a lawsuit against the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) Wednesday requesting the...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday extended the suspension of the Supreme Judicial Council's (SJC) inquiry into the alleged misconduct of ousted Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , denying a government...
Police in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe , were seen assaulting and arresting protesters who had taken to the streets Wednesday to express dissatisfaction with newly proposed constitutional amendments. Witnesses reported that at least 20 protesters...
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Wednesday criticizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Customs and Border Protection Agency's Automated Targeting System [DHS backgrounder, PDF;...
The California Supreme Court denied review of a lower court ruling Wednesday, effectively allowing the continuation of a state-sponsored program for stem cell research operated by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine [official...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) considered replacing at least 26 of 93 US Attorneys between February 2005 and December 2006, a much higher number than previously acknowledged by officials, according to a report in Thursday's Washington Post. Documents...
Sandra and Roberta Cote-Whitacre et al. v. Department of Public Health, Suffolk Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 10, 2007 [ruling that a 1913 Massachusetts statute which forbids recognition of Massachusetts marriages of couples who are "expressly prohibited" from marrying...
Suspended Romanian President Traian Basescu Wednesday continued to speak out against political corruption while facing a Saturday impeachment referendum. Basescu was suspended by the opposition-dominated parliament in April for allegedly abusing...
US mining executive Richard Ness , the regional chief executive of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation , filed a civil lawsuit against the New York Times (NYT) in Indonesia Wednesday. Last month...