The Canadian government opened an official inquiry Wednesday into allegations by three Canadian citizens that Canadian security forces played a role in their arrest and alleged torture in Syria between 2001 and 2004. Kuwaiti-born Ahmed Al...
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The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday overturned a $1.58 billion 2005 jury verdict awarded to billionaire financier and Revlon chairman Ron Perelman , finding that the plaintiffs...
A Nigerian senate committee indicted President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar Wednesday on corruption charges for diverting public money to private interests. In February, a senate panel indicted Abubakar on...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Roper v. Weaver , 06-313, a case in which the US Court of Appeals for...
The Bush administration on Tuesday indicated it would veto HR 1433 , a bill that would treat the Washington DC as its own Congressional district with voting rights. The policy statement said the...
The upper house of the Jordanian parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that imposes stiff fines for journalists who defame any religion protected under the country's constitution - i.e. Islam, Christianity or Judaism - or "offending...
Ecuador swore in 21 replacement legislators on Tuesday night, thus establishing a quorum for future legislative sessions after the Supreme Electoral Tribunal dismissed 57 of 100 lawmakers in early March. The controversy began...
A Russian judge has ordered imprisoned former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky moved to a detention center in Moscow during an investigation into new embezzlement and money laundering charges , according to one of...
A House Judiciary Committee panel on Wednesday authorized the committee chairman to subpoena former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove, former DOJ Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson , who resigned two...
Detainees held in secret prisons operated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) throughout the globe were subject to abuse and sleep deprivation, according to a confidential report prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross...
