FEB
26
2014

Asiana´s slow post-crash response leads to fine from US

It fined the airline $500,000. Three people died in the crash.

FEB
25
2014

Russia court sentences anti-government protesters

The protesters were arrested the night before Vladimir Putin´s inauguration to his third term as president.

FEB
25
2014

Turkish lawmakers pass bill increasing control over judiciary

The law comes amid growing controversy that has forced high-level officials, including members of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan´s cabinet, to resign.

FEB
25
2014

Ukraine issues arrest warrant for ousted president

In his statement, Avakhov said that an official case had been opened for the mass murder of peaceful citizens and that Yanukovich and other officials had been declared wanted, going on to say that Yanukovich was last seen in the Crimean peninsula before dismissing much of his security detail and going to an unknown location.

FEB
25
2014

Uganda president signs anti-gay bill into law

The law also requires Ugandans to report homosexual activity to the authorities or face criminal sanctions.

FEB
25
2014

Couple get married in Britain´s first Scientology wedding

A Scientology couple who won a landmark Supreme Court case to allow their wedding to be held in one of the controversial group’s chapels got married on Sunday.

FEB
24
2014

Syria releases 100 day plan to remove chemical weapons

While the OPCW did not comment on the plan, several organizations are critical of the delay.

FEB
24
2014

US vice president threatens sanctions against Ukraine

Biden urged Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich to remove security forces from Kiev and to take "immediate and tangible steps" toward ending the violence and addressing the concerns of the Ukrainian people.

FEB
24
2014

UN rights experts alarmed at spike in executions in Iran

According to the UN Office of the Commissioner of Human Rights (OFCHR), at least 40 persons were hanged in the beginning of January 2014, and 625 executions were reportedly carried out in 2013.

FEB
24
2014

U.S. - N.Y. becomes largest prison system to curb solitary confinement

The deal, signed by a federal judge on Wednesday, was prompted by a federal lawsuit filed by critics who say thousands of inmates — some of them pregnant or mentally ill — are being held for months and even years in isolation, often for minor infractions.

FEB
24
2014

Obama´s Climate Plan Challenged by Industry at High Court

Seven years after the court said the Environmental Protection Agency could regulate greenhouse-gas emissions, the justices are considering whether the agency misused that authority by imposing permit requirements on power plants and factories.

FEB
21
2014

UNAIDS condemns Uganda anti-gay legislation

Though homosexuality has long been criminalized in Uganda, the new law imposes harsher penalties, including life sentences for "aggravated homosexuality," and criminal sanctions for those who fail to report homosexuals to the authorities.

FEB
21
2014

Spain parliament rejects Catalonia independence referendum

The referendum, scheduled for November 9, 2014 was voted down by 272 deputies from the country´s primary political parties, with 43 votes from Catalonian nationalist groups and other parties in favor.

FEB
21
2014

Thousands of extra security agents for World Cup 2014

On Wednesday, President Dilma Rousseff said the armed forces could also be brought in if needed.

FEB
21
2014

Investments in Brazil rose last year, study says

In 2013, a total of $6.04 billion was committed to Brazil, compared with $5.7 billion in 2012.

FEB
20
2014

Senior UN officials urge peaceful resolution to Ukraine crisis

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also released a statement on Tuesday, expressing concern regarding the escalating situation in Ukraine´s capital city.

FEB
20
2014

U.S. - Washington state lawmakers pass financial aid bill for undocumented immigrants

The new legislation includes $5 million in additional State Need Grant funding to help cover the approximately 1,000 undocumented immigrant students in Washington.

FEB
20
2014

Thailand court declares anti-protester laws unconstitutional

The court´s decision comes just a day after violence erupted in Bangkok as police attempted to clear protest sites throughout the city.

FEB
20
2014

David Miranda detention at Heathrow airport was lawful, high court rules

The judges accepted that Miranda´s detention and the seizure of computer material was "an indirect interference with press freedom" but said this was justified by legitimate and "very pressing" interests of national security.

FEB
20
2014

U.S. - FCC plans to issue new ´Net Neutrality´ rules

The FCC´s announcement means it doesn´t plan to reclassify broadband as a public utility at present, as Democrats and public-interest groups had urged.

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