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NEW YORK (AP) -- The United States was the only Western democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as an increasing number of U.S. states are moving to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International announced Monday....

In one of the most anticipated Supreme Court hearings in years, the justices on Tuesday offered sharply divided views on the controversial individual mandate provision at the heart of the 2010 federal health care reform law.

A committee of MPs says it is disappointed at the lack of progress on new measures to tackle fuel fraud in Northern Ireland.

The papers agree there was chaos at Number 10 over the U-turn on dinner guests

The German authorities are trying to track down far-right fugitives following revelations that three neo-nazis were apparently able to carry out a decade-long spree of racially motivated murders.

Pope Benedict XVI has begun a three-day visit to Cuba - the first papal visit to the communist-run island for 14 years.

SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Monday in the footsteps of his more famous predecessor, gently pressing the island's longtime communist leaders to push through "legitimate" reforms their people desire, while also criticizing the excesses of capitalism....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An attacker wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on international troops Sunday in southern Afghanistan, killing one, NATO said. Coalition forces returned fire and killed the attacker....

Compulsory HIV testing of accused sex offenders satisfies the special needs requirement because it is a public health issue, not a criminal law issue. Imposing a probable cause standard would be “entirely impracticable” [not impractical?] because of lack of immediate outward manifestations. State v. Handy, 2012 VT 21, 2012 Vt. LEXIS 22 (March 23, 2012).*

Fourth Amendment law is clear that mobility of a car makes for exigency for the automobile exception. Because the defendant did not argue that the state constitution should be separately considered as in other states where a warrant would be required if there was time, the court declines to do decide case on state constitution. State v. Sanchez-Loredo, 2012 Kan. LEXIS 210 (March 23, 2012).*

The officers observed defendant committing a crime, so there was probable cause for the stop and search of his car. Marked money was in plain view torn up on the floorboard. Therefore, defense counsel couldn’t be ineffective. Cooper v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39826 (C.D. Ill. March 23, 2012).*

Community sentences for offenders in England and Wales are to be changed to ensure they are "tough and credible", ministers will say later.

Parliament should not introduce a new privacy law, even in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, a report says.

Apple indicates it will consider higher investments in China as chief executive Tim Cook visits Beijing to meet Chinese officials.

In the age of hyper-connected, always on smartphones, love is often found in unlikely places - and always when we least expect it.

World leaders call for closer co-operation to tackle the threat of nuclear terrorism at a summit on nuclear security in Seoul.

The elderly are being passed around hospitals in England like parcels, often going without treatment because of ageist attitudes, a report suggests.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the threat of nuclear weapons remains a potent challenge for the globe to confront, telling foreign leaders that "the security of the world depends on the actions that we take."...

Two former British prime ministers are to be honoured with memorial stones at Westminster Abbey.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a bid to save the CIA's drone campaign against al-Qaida in Pakistan, US officials offered key concessions to Pakistan's spy chief that included advance notice and limits on the types of targets. But the offers were flatly rejected, leaving US-Pakistani relations strained as President Barack Obama prepares to meet Tuesday with Pakistan's prime minister....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama told Russia's leader Monday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama told Russia's leader Monday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing....