Diplomats said Friday that a French-led working group of the UN Human Rights Committee has completed drafting a treaty that would bind signing countries to prevent enforced or involuntary disappearances , calling them "crimes against humanity"....
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Leading Friday's states brief, an Alabama Circuit Court judge has overridden a jury's recommendation of life imprisonment, and sentenced Kerry Spencer to death for the murders of three police officers. Under Alabama law, a judge may override...
A federal district court sided with two national gun rights groups Friday by issuing a restraining order to stop Louisiana law enforcement officials from taking weapons away from individual gun-owners in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
A North Korean official said Friday that his country has "fully resolved" all issues regarding North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens , and would not cooperate in any further investigations regarding missing Japanese nationals...
The European Commission Friday strongly condemned a Turkish court's decision to cancel an academic conference to discuss and question the accuracy of Turkey's version of events between 1915 and 1917 leading to 1.5 million deaths in what...
Human Rights Watch has accused prison officials at the New Orleans Templeman III prison facility of leaving hundreds of inmates to fend for themselves during Hurricane Katrina , calling the prisoners' experience...
A British Muslim man was found guilty in London Friday for "possessing articles useful for terrorists" including a hand-written instruction manual explaining how to fire mortars and secret codes that British police linked to al Qaeda. Andrew Rowe [BBC...
Judges, lawyers, and even prisoners are on the move across Texas as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Rita . The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit , already bounced from its usual home...
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that new charges have been filed against one of the men arrested in California earlier this year on terrorism charges. Hamid Hayat, 23, now faces charges of providing material support to...
The Federal Election Commission on Thursday dismissed complaints that Republican and conservative groups acted improperly to get third-party candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot during the 2004 presidential campaign. Nader said...
