Forty-six of 49 countries participating in the the two-day Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions on Friday agreed to an action plan to develop a new international treaty to ban the use of cluster munitions [FAS...
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Full Massachusetts high court to hear same-sex marriage measure case
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Justice Judith Cowin ruled Thursday that all seven of the court's justices will hear a request to put a measure effectively banning same-sex marriage on the 2008 Massachusetts...
Rwanda begins probe into alleged French role in Rwandan genocide
A seven-man Rwandan government commission began an official probe Tuesday into accusations that France assisted a Hutu massacre of Tutsis during the 1994 genocide . Rwanda's current Tutsi President Paul Kagame [official...
Russia soldier jailed for four years for conscript abuse after brutal hazing
A Russia military court on Tuesday found a Russian army sergeant guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to four years in jail for beating and torturing a conscript soldier this past New Year's Eve. Russian...
Putin signs bill to shorten military conscription requirement
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a law that shortens the conscription term and wipes out five accepted reasons for military draft deferments. The law, passed by both houses of...
Russia lower house passes bill to shorten military conscription requirement
The Russian Duma , the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday voted 359-53 to pass a bill that will shorten the military conscription requirement from two years to one, beginning in January 2008. The bill is expected to...