FEB
3
2014

U.S. - Virginia same-sex marriage suit granted class action status

With class certification, the plaintiffs will now be representing all same-sex couples in Virginia, including unmarried couples and those married outside of the state.

FEB
3
2014

Trial of ousted Egypt president resumes

Morsi appeared with 14 co-defendants before the court for the alleged acts committed at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in December 2012.

FEB
3
2014

African Union urges members to stand against ICC trials of presidents

The statement comes in relation to the trial of two current heads of the Kenyan government, Kenya´s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, and his deputy, William Ruto.

FEB
3
2014

European court of human rights privacy criteria hampers media - legal experts

A series of judgments by the Strasbourg court has begun to blur the boundaries between privacy and defamation cases, according to Hugh Tomlinson QC.

FEB
3
2014

Saudi Arabia king ratifies counterterrorism law

The law is composed of 41 articles, and it states that any act which undermines the state or society can be tried as an act of terrorism.

JAN
31
2014

Yahoo Identifies Effort to Break Into Users’ Accounts

Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer has been criticized by some customers for changes she’s made to the organization and design of the service, and Mayer apologized in December for “compounding issues,” including lost messages, users being shut out and trouble with access to other e-mail programs.

JAN
31
2014

Syria peace talks due to end in Geneva

UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said he hopes for more progress in next week´s second round of talks.

JAN
31
2014

U.S. is seeking death penalty in Boston case

The decision sets in motion the highest-profile federal death penalty case since Timothy J. McVeigh was prosecuted and executed for the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

JAN
31
2014

McDonald´s worker charged with selling heroin in happy meal boxes

Police arrested Shantia Dennis, 26, on Wednesday on charges of drug distribution after undercover officers conducted a controlled buy under the Golden Arches, according to a statement from the Allegheny County District Attorney´s Office.

JAN
31
2014

US, rights groups condemn Cuba dissident detentions

According to rights activists in Havana, an estimated 100 pro-democracy activists have been briefly detained or put under house arrest for the two-day summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which ends Tuesday.

JAN
30
2014

U.S - Florida voters to decide on medical marijuana

. In a 4-3 ruling, the Supreme Court determined that the ballot initiative met the requirements of the Florida Constitution, that it encompassed only one issue, and that the title and summary accurately reflect the substance of the proposed amendment.

JAN
30
2014

U.S - Indiana House approves constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage

In a 57-40 vote, the Indiana House moved the joint resolution, which had been on the rolls since 2004, forward into the Senate chambers.

JAN
30
2014
JAN
30
2014

Obama urges closure of Guantanamo this year

Obama first pledged to close the detention center five years ago, despite political opposition, and urged congress during his annual State of the Union address, for further action to help him do so.

JAN
30
2014

Ukraine parliament passes protest amnesty law

Opposition parties abstained from voting, in anger at a condition in the bill which means it will only apply if protesters abandon government buildings they have occupied in recent days.

JAN
29
2014

Northern Cyprus becomes final European state to decriminalize homosexuality

Like the anti-homosexuality laws of Isle of Man and Guernsey, Northern Cyprus´s law criminalizing homosexual relations was a holdover from British colonial rule, although the island became independent in 1960.

JAN
29
2014

Europe rights court rules Ireland failed to protect students from child abuse

Louise O´Keeffe brought the case to the European rights court after the Ireland high court ruled the government was not legally liable for her abuse.

JAN
29
2014

India high court declines to review law criminalizing homosexuality

Judges on India´s high court dismissed petitions from government ministers and rights activists who argued the court´s decision, issued last month, is wrong.

JAN
29
2014

Obama prepared to avoid Congress, go it alone on carrying out modest initiatives

The areas he identified for possible co¬operation with a divided Congress have shrunk, leaving an agenda filled out by a growing number of modest initiatives that he told lawmakers he intends to carry out alone.

JAN
29
2014

In concession to opposition, Ukraine repeals anti-protest laws; prime minister resigns

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, invalidated the anti-demonstration laws hours after Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned.

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