According to records released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , 44 convicts out of a total California prison population of 164,000 committed suicide during 2005, an increase from 26 in 2004 and 36 in 2003,...
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Indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to two of six fraud charges and to assist federal prosecutors with any ongoing investigations in exchange for a more favorable sentence, Abramoff's lawyers said Tuesday. Abramoff...
Ugandan opposition leader and presidential challenger Dr. Kizza Besigye , released on bail by the Ugandan High Court Monday, has declared that President Yoweri Museveni should face charges for treason committed during the 1998-2003...
As expected , the French Government on Tuesday officially declared an end to the state of emergency implemented in November to quell riots that tore through the country late last year....
Issam Ghazzawi, a defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein , said Tuesday that Hussein, on trial for his involvement in the 1982 Dujail massacre , would prefer to die by firing squad rather than...
Former Bosnian Serb general and indicted war criminal Radko Mladic , who is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on genocide charges, had access to his army general's...
A coalition of liberal interest groups has announced a new series of television commercials aimed at derailing the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. The ads, to be officially unveiled Wednesday, will...
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) announced Tuesday that results from its investigation into allegations of voting fraud during the December 15 parliamentary elections will be announced Wednesday, but that voting results will...
A Chilean appeals court on Monday allowed ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet to post bail for six of the nine human rights charges he faces relating to Operation Colombo . Pinochet...
US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton has promised to push for major changes in the United Nations in an interview published Monday in the Washington Post, including reforms to the international body's human rights panel. Bolton...
