A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Proposition 8, a 2008 California law banning same-sex couples from marrying, saying it violated the constitutional principles of due process and equal protection under the law.
A New Zealand court on Friday refused an appeal by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to be released on bail. He argued he had no intention to flee to his home country of Germany, where he would be safe from the US demand for his extradition.
A group of French senators have asked the constitutional council to review a law passed last week outlawing the denial of a genocide recognised by French law, namely the Holocaust or the 1915-1916 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted French lawmakers on Tuesday for being "racist and discriminatory" after the Senate passed a bill that would outlaw denying that the 1915 massacre of Armenians in Turkey amounted to genocide.
Turkey’s press is united in its condemnation of France, after the Senate approved a bill that would outlaw denying that the 1915 massacre of Armenians in Turkey was genocide. Ankara has promised swift diplomatic retribution against Paris.
Turkey "strongly condemned" on Monday the French Senate's "irresponsible and disrespectful" approval of a bill that criminalises any denial of the Armenian genocide, and vowed to implement retaliatory measures.
France's Senate has passed a bill outlawing the denial of a genocide that has been recognised by French law, namely the Holocaust or the 1915-1916 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Turkey had threatened to impose sanctions if the bill passed.
Two men involved in the illegal file-sharing website Megaupload have been arrested in Europe, a New Zealand court was told on Monday. US authorities want to extradite founder Kim Dotcom (né Schmitz), arrested in New Zealand on Friday.
US Senate leader Harry Reid has postponed next week's vote on a bill to fight online piracy amid fierce resistance by Internet companies including Wikipedia and Google, who fear overregulation and censorship.
US authorities shut down file-sharing site Megaupload on Thursday and charged several of its officials with copyright infringement for allowing millions of illegal downloads. The site had 150 million registered users and some 50 million hits per day.
