New Jersey lawmakers will consider abolishing the death penalty this week, starting a process that could see the liberal state become the first to scrap capital punishment since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated it in 1976.
Members of a committee set up to reform Iraq´s constitution said on Tuesday they hoped to submit recommendations to parliament next week, a major step towards meeting a political benchmark Washington has set for Baghdad.
The highest court in Massachusetts upheld a $2 million libel verdict on Monday against The Boston Herald and one of its reporters for articles that said a Superior Court judge had made disparaging comments about crime victims and that he was lenient with criminals.
The Senate voted on Monday to preserve current restrictions on the importing of lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and other countries, fearing that such imports could pose risks to consumers, even with new safeguards.
Leading governments of Europe, mounting a new campaign to push Paul D. Wolfowitz from his job as World Bank president, signaled Monday that they were willing to let the United States choose the bank’s next chief, but only if Mr. Wolfowitz stepped down soon, European officials said.
The presidents of the Lower House, Arlindo Chinaglia, and of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, will participate today (07), at 3:00 pm, in the establishment of the Mercosur Parliament, at the National Assembly in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay.
The presidents of the Lower House, Arlindo Chinaglia, and of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, will participate today (07), at 3:00 pm, in the establishment of the Mercosur Parliament, at the National Assembly in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world´s largest retailer, will install solar-power systems to provide some of its electricity at 22 locations in Hawaii and California.
Thousands of illegal immigrants, backed by religious leaders and politicians, marched through London on Monday calling for fairer treatment by the government and a chance to become "normal" citizens.
The chief justice of Pakistan’s supreme court, suspended by the government after he investigated some of its practices, received an emotional welcome here on Sunday from thousands of supporters.
Alcoa made an unsolicited $27 billion offer today for rival Alcan of Canada, which would propel it to the top spot in the aluminum industry, a position it surrendered just months ago.
Fresh from his decisive election as French president on Sunday, Nicolas Sarkozy left Paris today for a period of reflection before forming his government, while the defeated Socialists sized up the consequences of their third straight defeat in presidential politics, which will keep them out of the Élysée Palace for another five years.
A Brazilian court has ordered local brewer Ambev to pay 100,000 reals (US$49,400) to an alcoholic beer taster who drank about a liter and a half of beer each day.
The government has ordered an Internet auction site to remove an advertisement in which a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for about $50.
In order to provide AIDS drugs to maximum patients, the Brazil government has decided to purchase the cheaper drugs from an Indian lab. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inked a decree to freely distribute medicines to AIDS patients.
President Hugo Chávez on Thursday threatened to nationalize the country´s banks and largest steel producer, accusing them of unscrupulous practices.
Congress will again consider a shield law allowing reporters to protect the identities of their sources, except when a judge decides the public interest comes first.
The Bush administration is urging Congress to pass a law that would halt dozens of lawsuits charging phone companies with invading ordinary citizens´ privacy through a post-Sept. 11 warrantless surveillance program.
A federal appeals court has denied a request by the Internet phone company Vonage Holdings that it order a retrial in the patent infringement case brought against it by Verizon Communications.
Federal authorities arrested an investment banker yesterday and charged him with illegally leaking confidential information on nine deals, including the $45 billion buyout of the Texas energy giant TXU.
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