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Hawaii lawmakers shelve civil union bill

February 28, 2007 06:15:00 PM

Hawaii legislators have shelved a proposal to create civil unions for same-sex couples, indicating that the state legislature did not have enough votes to pass the law. The state House Judiciary Committee...

October 30, 2006 01:12:00 PM

An Italian court on Monday ordered former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British corporate lawyer David Mills to face trial on corruption charges. According to Italian media reports, Mills in 1997...

June 26, 2006 10:22:00 AM

The US Supreme Court on Monday handed down decisions in five cases, including Randall v. Sorrell , consolidated with two other cases, where the Court struck down Vermont's Act...

March 10, 2006 10:31:00 AM

Prosecutors in Milan announced Friday that after an investigation they have formally asked a judge to issue an indictment against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his former lawyer, British barrister David Mills,...

February 9, 2006 10:06:00 AM

Officials from the joint UN-Cambodia Khmer Rouge Genocide Tribunal being set up to try former Khmer Rouge leaders said Thursday that the first trials should begin in 2007. Though no...

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