Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was extradited to Peru Saturday following the Supreme Court of Chile's decision Friday that Fujimori should be extradited on human rights and corruption charges. Fujimori is accused...
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The UN General Assembly agreed by consensus Friday to accept a committee recommendation that Taiwan's latest bid for UN membership be rejected. Taiwan, which officially refers to itself as the Republic of China, was kicked...
Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell on Friday ordered the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles "to immediately suspend approval of future parole for any inmate serving a sentence involving a violent offense." Rell said her decision...
Russian prosecutors have charged a suspect as an accomplice in the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya , Russian news agency Interfax reported Friday. Shamil Burayev, a one-time district head in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya...
The North Carolina Medical Board does not have the authority to discipline doctors that participate in state death penalty procedures, a state judge ruled Friday. Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens...
Taiwanese prosecutors Friday indicted Vice President Annette Lu and two other leading members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on charges of corruption and forgery. Lu, DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun, and former foreign minister...
The Dutch government will not hold a general referendum on the proposed EU Reform Treaty , Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said Friday. Balkenende said the referendum was unnecessary because the new EU treaty...
Federal investigators are probing allegations of fraud and corruption related to $6 billion in military contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon official testifying before the House Armed Services Committee Thursday. At the hearing [recorded...
The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Thursday filed a lawsuit against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on behalf of several families who say that ICE agents...
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal heard arguments Friday in the corruption case against former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma . The South African Prosecuting Authority (NPA) alleges that Zuma...
