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Case Concerning Territorial and Maritime Dispute Between Nicaragua and Hondras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras), International Court of Justice, October 8, 2007 [resolving a maritime boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Hondras, granting possession of four small Caribbean islands...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Thursday announced the entry into force of an Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...

Leading Friday's international brief, the Ugandan government has rejected a call by the Pan African Parliament (PAP) to release Kizza Besigye as illegal and contrary to the aims of the African Union [official...

A series of almost simultaneous attacks and riots in seven of Guatemala's prisons Monday has left 31 inmates dead and many more injured. Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann said the gun and knife attacks at prisons around...

US-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), signed into law by President Bush on August 2, 2005 [law ending tariffs against US products in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Honduras, and ensuring those countries duty-free access...

President Bush Tuesday signed the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) into law, making it the first official trade pact between the US and Central America. CAFTA will end tariffs against US products in...

The Supreme Court of Honduras held Thursday that the Supreme Electoral Court violated two constitutional provisions in June when it opened the door for religious figures to run for public office. The constitutional ban for political activity by religious...

The US House of Representatives passed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) early Thursday by a narrow two-vote margin, 217-215 after a strong push by President Bush. Senate approval of CAFTA last month 54-45 [roll...

Thierry Fagart, human rights head of the UN stabilization mission in Haiti , has called the 10-month detention of former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune without an appearance before a judge illegal under the Haitian constitution...

John Negroponte on Tuesday promised that security and intelligence agencies would not use torture in gathering intelligence under his watch as National Director of Intelligence. Negroponte faced tough questioning during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence...