A bill approved by Estonian lawmakers Thursday authorized Internet voting for local elections in the country's capital, Tallinn, scheduled for October. The bill, initiated by the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu [official website, in...
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Spc. Sabrina Harman , the latest US soldier to stand trial for involvement in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, pleaded not guilty to charges of abusing detainees in the military prison at the beginning of her trial [JURIST...
Ocalan v. Turkey, Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, May 12, 2005 ....
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of William Pryor for the US Court of Appeals by a 10-8 party line vote Thursday. Pryor has a temporary place on the US Eleventh Circuit Court...
Ex-Merrill Lynch investment banker Robert Furst has been fined $565,000 and sentenced to 37 months in federal prison in connection with his role in the Enron scandal. Furst was convicted for setting up a fake deal with...
A US sailor who turned against the Iraq war was convicted Wednesday during a special court-martial for failing to report for duty in the Persian Gulf in December. Petty Officer 3rd Class Pablo Paredes was...
GOP Senator George Voinovich surprised observers Thursday when he told colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he will not support the nomination of John Bolton as US ambassador to the United Nations [US...
Hearings began Thursday in a civil suit filed against the Dutch government by two families of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The families claim that the Dutch government should be held responsible because of Dutch peacekeepers'...
Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag , approved the European Constitution Thursday by a 569-23 vote. The Constitution next heads to the Bundesrat , Germany's upper house, where it is also...
Riots in eastern Afghanistan triggered by recent Newsweek-published reports of American desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo continued and spread Thursday, resulting in three more deaths . Rioting has now hit 10 Afghan provinces, including the...
