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Honduras' deposed leftist president, Manuel Zelaya, said on Thursday that democracy in the country was "dead" after lawmakers who backed his ouster in a June coup voted to block his return to power.
American Indians may be the original Americans, but they have commanded little attention in Washington over the years, in part because of their small numbers and smaller incomes. Their influence reached a particularly low ebb after the fall of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, convicted in 2006 for bilking tribes of millions in casino profits.
LawFuel.com - 3 December 2009 - International law firm Eversheds is advising Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation on a £500M proposal for a regeneration scheme to transform the heart of Purfleet in the Thames Gateway which has received the “green light” from the Department of Communities and Local Government.
LawFuel.com - Lawyer Newswire - International law firm Eversheds is advising New World China Land on one of the largest secondary offerings this year in Hong Kong.
A Planned Parenthood supporter from Otego joined demonstrators in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to lobby for health care reform and to protect access to abortion that would be banned in the House of Representatives version of legislation. Stuart Anderson said he was in a Senate caucus room where New York's senators echoed Planned Parenthood's opposition to limits in the Stupak-Pitts Amendment ...
(This article was originally posted for the North American Congress on Latin America. It can be accessed in its original form here: https://nacla.org/node/6278 )
MADRID, Dec 2 (IPS) - The firm stance taken by Western Sahara independence activist Aminatou Haidar, in her third week of a hunger strike in an airport in Spain's Canary Islands, contrasts with the weak position of the Spanish government vis-à-vis the Moroccan government, which it has failed to pressure to allow the activist to return to her homeland. Inter Press Service read more
Women's rights activists on Tuesday backed a US troop surge in Afghanistan but warned that hard-fought gains in women's rights will vanish without a long-term commitment to develop the country.
Opponents of Lexington's stalled effort to annex three communities are waiting and watching for the city's next move. Last week, a Davidson County Superior Court judge ruled against the city on two issues opponents took to court.
A simple law degree no longer seems enough for many students, who seek out qualifications in two jurisdictions as a way to distinguish themselves from the pack.
Will President Obama serve as the beacon of hope in government that he pretended to be throughout last year's campaign, or did he merely pander to the public in order to pursue his personal ambitions?
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka must ensure that Tamil war refugees receive assistance now they are allowed to leave transit camps where they were held since the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were defeated in May, the United Nations and human rights groups said.
Kosovo ruled out on Tuesday re-uniting with Serbia or resuming talks on its status, as a top UN court heard arguments about whether Pristina's declaration of independence broke international law.
Editor’s Note: For many Americans, the promise of the new Obama administration was that finally the United States would reject the neocon concept that America can ignore international law and use indiscriminate violence around the world to assert its interests.
By Joëlle Fiss, Pennoyer Fellow, Fighting Discrimination Program To the utter consternation of the Swiss government, most political parties, non-governmental organizations, journalists, pollsters -- and...
A decade after NATO airstrikes ended Serbia's bloody crackdown on its rebellious province, Kosovo told the U.N.'s highest court Tuesday its independence is irreversible and warned that any attempt to cancel it could set off a renewed conflict.
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