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| Jun.17 |
Zimbabwe |
Judge tosses plea from opposition
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| Jun.13 |
Pakistan |
Thousands march for fired judges
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| Jun.12 |
Washington |
US Guantanamo trials 'to proceed'
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 U.S. Supreme Court |
Major Guantanamo setback for Bush Foreign suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in civilian courts
| The decision marks another legal blow to the Bush administration's war on terrorism policies
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| Jun.7 |
 Zimbabwe |
Court lifts rally ban High Court has overturned a police ban on opposition campaign rallies this weekend
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| Jun.6 |
Turkey |
Headscarf ruling attacked
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| Jun.5 |
 Turkey |
Court annuls Turkish scarf reform| Highest court has annulled a parliamentary reform allowing college students to wear Muslim headscarves | | |
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| May.2 |
Pakistan |
Fired judges getting jobs back
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| Apr.14 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition fail in legal bid
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| Apr.9 |
Zimbabwe |
Court mulls vote decision
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Princess Diana 'unlawfully killed'
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| Apr.6 |
Zimbabwe |
Court to rule on poll results |
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| Apr.4 |
Zimbabwe |
MDC bids to end poll silence
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| Mar.31 |
Turkey |
Rulers face trial over Islamic policies |
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Judges freed by new PM
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| Mar.9 |
Zimbabwe |
Mugabe approves new ownership law
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| Mar.8 |
Washington |
Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding
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| Mar.7 |
Bolivia |
Setback to reform plan |
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| Mar.4 |
Colombia |
Colombia calls for Chavez charges |
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| Feb.23 |
Nigeria |
Legal blow for senator |
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| Jan.31 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
Rio judge bans float on Holocaust 
A judge has banned a group from parading in the carnival with a float depicting the victims of the Holocaust and a Hitler figure
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| Dec.26 |
Baghdad |
Government backs amnesty law |
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Report: King pardons rape victim
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| Dec.9 |
Bolivia |
Draft charter approved |
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| Dec.5 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Guantanamo legal showdown begins |
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row
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| Nov.22 |
Pakistan |
Court upholds Musharraf election |
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| Nov.20 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Supreme Court ponders gun law |
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| Nov.19 |
Pakistan |
Anti-Musharraf petitions rejected |
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| Nov.16 |
Turkey |
Legal action to ban Kurdish party |
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| Nov.8 |
U.S. Congress |
New US attorney general confirmed |
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| Oct.9 |
USA |
Judge blocks Guantanamo move |
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U.S. Supreme Court |
Court rejects CIA kidnap case |
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| Oct.3 |
Washington |
Bush veto for child health bill |
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| Sep.28 |
 Pakistan |
Musharraf wins ruling on army role Supreme Court dismissed legal challenges to President's bid for a new five-year term
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Chile court extradites Fujimori
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| Sep.11 |
Pakistan |
Lawyers appeal Sharif expulsion |
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| Aug.27 |
 Washington |
Attorney General Gonzales resigns Embattled U.S. Attorney General announced his resignation. 'I have lived the American dream,' said Alberto Gonzales
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| Aug.24 |
Zimbabwe |
Bill to hit foreign firms |
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| Aug.2 |
U.S. Congress |
Senate tightens lobbying rules |
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First Khmer Rouge leader charged
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| Jul.27 |
U.S. Congress |
Congress passes anti-terror bill
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria
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| Jul.20 |
Pakistan |
Supreme Court reinstates top judge| Court reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, dealing a political blow to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf | |
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| Jun.20 |
Germany |
EU to drop idea of constitution
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| Jun.17 |
West Bank |
Abbas outlaws Hamas militias |
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| May.30 |
Thailand |
5-year politics ban for ex-PM
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| May.25 |
Venezuela |
Court orders TV station seizure |
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| May.1 |
Turkey |
Presidential vote annulled Coutry highest court halted a parliamentary vote that looked certain to install an Islamist president
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| Apr.24 |
Mexico |
Mexico City legalizes abortion
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| Apr.16 |
Nigeria |
Court puts poll in doubt |
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| Apr.2 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Top court rejects Guantanamo test |
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| Mar.31 |
Iran |
Navy captives 'face legal action' |
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| Mar.19 |
Pakistan |
Judges quit in furore
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| Mar.12 |
London |
Climate bill set to be unveiled |
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Pakistan |
Country's top judge suspended Lawyers protest against Musharraf. They have boycotted courts across Pakistan in protest at President's
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| Feb.26 |
 UN Tribunal |
Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide The International Court of Justice clears Serbia of direct responsibility and complicity in the case
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Astronaut charged with attempted murder
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| Jan.18 |
 Venezuela |
Rule by decree passed for Chavez National Assembly has given initial approval to a bill granting the President the power to rule by decree for 18 months
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HIV medics condemned to death
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| Dec.14 |
Botswana |
Strict rules on bushmen's return |
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| Nov.15 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan votes to amend rape laws
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| Nov.12 |
Beirut |
Cabinet crisis threatens tribunal |
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| Oct.26 |
Washington |
Bush signs Mexico fence into law US President has authorised 700 miles of new fencing along the border, in a move to curb illegal immigration
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| Sep.28 |
U.S. Congress |
Senate backs terror trial bill
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| Sep.5 |
 Mexico |
Judge: Calderon to lead Mexico Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refused to recognize the victory
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Mexico |
Court chief backs conservative win |
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| Aug.28 |
Mexico |
Court rejects fraud claim
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| Jul.13 |
Washington |
Cheney sued in CIA identity case |
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| Jun.29 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal' The US Supreme Court: the administration does not have the authority to try suspects by military tribunal
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| May.7 |
Thailand |
Constitutional Court rules election invalid
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| Apr.19 |
Rome |
Supreme court confirms Prodi poll victory
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| Apr.10 |
 Paris |
France to replace youth job law President Chirac has announced that the new law that sparked weeks violent protests will be scrapped
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| Apr.5 |
Paris |
Unions press for law repeal
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| Mar.31 |
France |
Chirac to sign job law |
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Convert 'faces execution'
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| Jan.1 |
Syria |
Ex-official accused of treason |
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Nour jailed for 5 years
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| Dec.20 |
Washington |
'Intelligent design' teaching ban
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| Dec.2 |
CIA |
Civil rights group to sue CIA |
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Pinochet charged over dissidents
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| Nov.14 |
Paris |
Cabinet seeks to extend crisis law |
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| Oct.31 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court |
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| Oct.6 |
Jerusalem |
Court bans 'human shields' |
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| Sep.29 |
U.S. Congress |
Roberts confirmed as chief justice| The Senate voted on the appointment of John Roberts as the next US Supreme Court chief justic | |
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| Sep.15 |
Jerusalem |
Court urges barrier review |
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| Sep.5 |
Washington |
Bush nominates Roberts as chief justice |
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| Sep.3 |
Virginia |
Chief Justice Rehnquist dies| The Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court has died at his home in Virginia at the age of 80 | |
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| Jul.19 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Bush names Roberts to Supreme Court US President has nominated federal appeals court judge to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court
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| Jul.13 |
England |
Blair seeks to tackle extremism |
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| Jul.1 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Supreme Court justice O'Connor retires Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court and a crucial centrist, is to retire
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| Jun.27 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
File-sharing suffers major defeat The Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing companies are to blame for what users do with their software
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| Jun.9 |
Jerusalem |
Court backs pullout plan
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Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years
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| Apr.28 |
England |
Iraq war legal advice published |
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| Apr.27 |
England |
Early Iraq legal opinion leaked |
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| Mar.26 |
Florida |
Appeal court rejects Schiavo plea |
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| Mar.24 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Top court rejects Schiavo plea |
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| Mar.23 |
Florida |
Feed tube appeal denied |
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| Mar.22 |
Florida |
Judge denies bid to restore feeding tube |
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| Mar.21 |
Florida |
Judge silent on feed-tube case |
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| Mar.20 |
Washington |
Bush bids to save feed-tube woman |
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| Mar.18 |
Florida |
Patient's feeding tube removed The feeding tube that keeps a brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive has been taken out after a lengthy court battle
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| Mar.7 |
Beijing |
Lays down law over Taiwan unveiled
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| Feb.2 |
Sri Lanka |
Tsunami baby ruling sparks chaos |
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| Dec.25 |
Ukraine |
Court annuls poll change |
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Judge charges Pinochet
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| Dec.4 |
Ukraine |
Deal to reduce the president's powers |
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| Dec.3 |
 Ukraine |
Court Orders Re-Run of Rigged Poll Supreme Court has annulled the 2nd round of the presidential election - upholding claims that it was fraudulent
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| Nov.29 |
Ukraine |
Judges step into crisis |
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| Nov.25 |
Ukraine |
Court puts poll result on hold The Supreme Court has barred the publication of disputed presidential election results until it examine opposition appeal
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| Nov.9 |
Washington |
Attorney general Ashcroft quits cabinet |
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| Sep.10 |
New York |
WTC agency sues Saudis over 9/11 |
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| Aug.10 |
Libya |
Libya agrees Berlin bomb payout
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| Jul.9 |
Netherlands |
U.N.: Israel barrier 'violates law'
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| Jun.29 |
Jerusalem |
Court orders barrier shift |
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| Jun.23 |
UN |
US war crimes immunity bid fails |
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| May.15 |
Jerusalem |
Court approves Gaza demolitions |
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| Feb.23 |
Netherlands |
Israeli barrier court test begins |
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| Feb.9 |
Jerusalem |
Court hearing on barrier |
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| Nov.18 |
Boston |
Court rules against gay marriage ban |
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| Nov.5 |
Washington |
Critics challenge US abortion ban |
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| Sep.15 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Appeals court blocks California recall |
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| Jul.12 |
Belgium |
War crimes law scraped |
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| Aug.26 |
Basque |
Party banned over ETA link
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| Feb.2 |
Argentina |
Supreme court faces challenge |
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Court rules Pinochet unfit for trial
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| Apr.9 |
England |
UK couple lose Net twins battle |
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| Dec.31 |
Washington |
Criminal Court Treaty Signed |
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| Dec.12 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Sup. Court sends case to Florida |
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| Dec.9 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
High Court Stops Recounts |
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| Dec.6 |
Manila |
Impeachment trial begins |
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| Dec.4 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
High Court Ruling helps Bush |
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| Dec.1 |
Chile |
Pinochet to stand trial |
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Pinochet's immunity ends
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