The Public Prosecutor's office in the Netherlands filed an appeal on Friday against the acquittal of Dutch businessman Frans Van Anraat on charges of complicity in genocide by Saddam Hussein . In December, the court...
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Japan has declined to join fellow G-4 nations Brazil, Germany and India in their proposal to expand membership in the UN Security Council from 15 to 25 member nations, adding six permanent members and six...
A Chilean judge said Friday that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori should be held indefinitely until Chile evaluates an extradition request from Peru, rejecting a defense request to free Fujimori on bail. The former...
US District Judge Sim Lake on Thursday sentenced former Dynegy executive Gene Shannon Foster to 15 months in jail, and former accountant Helen Sharkey received a 30-day sentence for helping co-defendant James Olis defraud investors of over...
Democrats on the US Senate Judiciary Committee have said they plan to call witnesses to question the integrity of US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito during confirmation hearings. The witness list includes...
US Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) , a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee , has said that while Democrats on the committee are considering delaying a vote on Samuel Alito's confirmation to the US Supreme...
Jeb Bush et al. v. Ruth Holmes, Supreme Court of Florida, January 5, 2006 . Read the full text...
Virginia Governor Mark Warner on Thursday ordered that DNA evidence from a 1980s rape and murder case be tested to determine whether the man convicted and executed for the crime was innocent. Roger Keith Coleman ...
AP is reporting that Senate aides have said that Democrats will force a one-week delay in the Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court. Confirmation hearings are set...
The National Council for Human Rights, sponsored by the Egyptian government, on Thursday called for an investigation into the 11 deaths that occurred during the most recent round of parliamentary elections that ended in December. The...
