Search Results for: 2007-05-08

The California State Assembly voted 42-34 Tuesday to approve the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act which would restore California's marriage statute to its pre-1977 gender-neutral language and define marriage as "a personal...

US Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred, the judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan Monday dismissed all charges against...

The US District Court for the District of Colombia Thursday dismissed a derivative lawsuit filed by shareholders of home financial services corporation Fannie Mae to force former CEO Franklin D. Raines, former CFO J. Timothy...

US immigration courts are inconsistent in granting asylum to applicants, according to a new study by three law professors to be published in the Stanford Law Review. The professors found that factors that contributed to the outcome of...

Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani, commander of the US Marine battalion that was accused of killing 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November 2005, went before a military Article 32 hearing Wednesday...

UK government terrorism law watchdog Lord Carlile of Berriew Tuesday warned against the country opting out of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in the process of adopting tougher anti-terrorism legislation and...

Ukrainian political rivals President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych agreed Sunday to hold elections on September 30 in a move intended to end an escalating constitutional crisis in...

Delegates from 68 countries wrapped up a three-day meeting in Lima, Peru Friday intended as a follow-up to the February Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions , where participants signed a declaration to ban...

An Oklahoma bill barring the use of public funds to pay for abortions passed into law Thursday after the deadline for the governor's veto expired at midnight Wednesday. The bill bars the use of public money...

The Philippines' Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Tuesday stopped the counting of last week's votes for congressional candidates in the southern province of Maguindanao to investigate allegations of fraud. Early reports of voter intimidation and vote-rigging...