International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said Thursday she will work to block a formal signing of the European Union's pre-membership deal with Serbia if the country does...
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US House and Senate negotiators agreed Thursday to remove language that would broaden federal hate crimes legislation from a defense reauthorization bill currently being finalized in Congress. In September, the Senate approved an amendment to the 2008...
A US Army major testified Thursday at a pretrial hearing to determine whether Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan qualifies as an unlawful enemy combatant , describing the circumstances under...
Alaskan state officials said Wednesday that they are presently building a civil case against oil giant BP for two oil spills in Prudhoe Bay in March and August of 2006. The announcement by the environmental division of...
Corrupt police and court systems are the most common institutions to demand bribes , according to a report released Thursday by Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) . The TI Global Corruption Barometer 2007 [TI...
Riot police and blockades prevented former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and hundreds of supporters from marching Thursday to the home of ousted Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry , who has been under virtual house...
Bolivian President Evo Morales has proposed a national referendum on whether he and the country's nine provincial governors should remain in office in response to accusations that the process of creating a new constitution ...
UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on Thursday proposed extending the current time limit for the detention of terrorist suspects before charges are filed to 42 days, up from the current limit of 28...
A Bush administration rule aimed at preventing urban forest fires was struck down as arbitrary and capricious by a three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday, drawing praise from environmental groups [Sierra...
The number of journalists behind bars decreased from 134 in 2006 to 127 at the end of 2007, according to a year-end report issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday. China incarcerates...
