Last month President Obama issued a rule that increases women’s access to birth-control methods, including an abortion medication.  Obama will announce a plane that will require religious employers to cover contraception for women free of charge, according to a person familiar with the decision.  Republicans leaders and religious groups have blasted Obama’s plan, saying the [...]

Spokespersons for New York City Police Department [NYPD] and Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations [UN], Thursday released statements confirming a police seizure of a shipment of two bags, containing sixteen kilograms of cocaine, at the mail intake centre for the United Nations Headquarters on January 16. The shipment consisted of fourteen hollowed-out books with the cocaine inside, according to ABC News Australia. [...]

The Gujarat High Court has dismissed chief minister Narendra Modi’s petition against the appointment of the Lokayukta without consenting the council of members yesterday. Modi’s government has lodged a petition to the Supreme Court of India challenging the decision. Retired high court justice R A Mehta was appointed as the Lokayukta (an official ombudsman) last August. Soon after, the Gujarat state government objected the appointment in the [...]

The United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered an investigation into a video allegedly showing US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters. Panetta has called the videos “utterly deplorable” and not appropriate conduct for United States armed forces personnel. Afghan president Hamid Karzai called for “the most severe punishment for anyone found guilty in this crime.” The video shows four men apparently dressed in US Marine [...]

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won the first-in-the-US New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday with 97,600 votes (39.3%). This follows his narrow victory in the Iowa Caucus last week. Congressman Ron Paul, who finished third in the Iowa Caucus, came in second with 56,872 votes (22.9%). Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., who spent a great amount of resources on the primary, came in third place with 41,783 votes (16.8%). The [...]

A judge in Tomsk, Russia drew a round of applause from the court room as she dismissed charges of extremism against the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, a Russian commented translation of the Bhagavad Gitapublished by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. This decision put an end to the six-month-long trial of the book accused by the state prosecutors of fostering [...]

North Korea warned the world Friday there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea’s government after Kim Jong Il’s death as Pyongyang strengthened his son and heir’s authority with a new title: Great Leader. North Korea’s powerful National Defense Commission said that the country would never deal with South Korean President Lee [...]

Having a good Boston Immigration Lawyer can make the immigration process go more smoothly and seem less intimidating. It is vital therefore that you do some research when looking for an immigration attorney so that you can find one who will be able to help in your particular situation. There are immigration attorneys who specialize [...]