Nigeria´s acting leader Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as president of Africa´s most populous country, as the body of his predecessor was flown north for a traditional Muslim burial hours after he died following a lengthy illness.
An Ohio man tasted freedom for the first time in nearly 30 years after a judge quashed his conviction because DNA evidence showed he did not rape an 11-year-old girl.
The Gulf of Mexico waters where he has plied his trade for most of his 68 years, fishing for snapper and grouper, is off limits because of the unabated oil leak caused by the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast.
Legislation has been introduced in the House and Senate that would override the high court´s interpretation of the age discrimination law.
India´s Supreme Court has said that the use of a "truth drug" by police in questioning suspects is illegal and a violation of their fundamental rights.
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday nationalized three power companies that were partially in the hands of British, French and Bolivian investors, and another one that was a Bolivian workers’ cooperative as part of a strategy to secure complete control of the electricity generating sector.
Unasur, a new union of 12 South American nations, has picked former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner as its first secretary-general.
The Washington Post has announced that it is exploring the possibility of selling Newsweek magazine.
Thirty or so abortion and familyplanning clinics are locked in a battle with Google over the search engine’s policy of blocking their advertising, on the basis that such publicity could result in legal problems. For the clinics, however, the fact that a new abortion law — which will enable any women to terminate her pregnancy in the first 14 weeks of their term, and up to 22 weeks in cases of fetal deformation or a serious health risk — will enter into law on July 3 means such restrictions no longer have any basis.
The arrest of a suspect in the attempted Times Square car bombing revived the volatile political debate over terrorism policy on Tuesday, as President Obama’s supporters and critics squared off over how the nation should handle those plotting against it.
A French court on Wednesday turned down a U.S. request for the extradition of an Iranian engineer who is accused of violating an export embargo by purchasing U.S. technology for military firms involved in Iran´s nuclear program.
A long-awaited draft of a Congressional bill would extend privacy protections both on the Internet and off line, but privacy advocates said the bill did not go far enough in protecting consumers.
The District of Columbia Council approved a measure on Tuesday that would allow people with certain chronic illnesses to obtain medical marijuana from a handful of dispensaries regulated by the city.
A conservative think tank and criminal defense lawyers are forming an unusual alliance to try to get Congress to quit writing criminal laws so loosely that they subject innocent people to unjust prosecution.
A growing number of traditional law schools are offering master of laws degrees entirely or primarily through online classes.
President Obama on Monday renewed sanctions against Syria for a year, accusing Damascus of supporting terrorist groups and pursuing missile programs and weapons of mass destruction.
The Liberals are seeking an apology from Ottawa after a Conservative senator told international development advocates yesterday to "shut the f---up" on the issue of making abortion part of Canada´s foreign maternal-health strategy.
Victorian woman Kimberley Castles, 45, was jailed last November for a minimum term of 18 months for welfare fraud.
Italian police fined a Muslim woman for wearing a full Islamic veil in a street in the northern city of Novara, possibly the first such incident in Italy, city officials said.
A Dutch court upheld the suspension until July 1 of a 14-year-old girl´s bid to sail around the world solo, citing fears for her safety and ordering her supervision by authorities.
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