Carla Del Ponte , top prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) praised last week's arrest and extradition of war crimes suspect Zdravko Tolimir Wednesday, but...
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The government of Ethiopia charged 55 people affiliated with the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Tuesday with plotting to overthrow the government following Ethiopia's 2005 election . The CUD has previously accused Prime...
An Iranian judge said Wednesday that two detained Iranian-Americans had admitted to carrying out some "activities," but it is not clear if this is tantamount to admission of spying. In an interview with Iran's ISNA news...
A court in Mauritania acquitted 24 defendants on trial for assorted crimes under anti-terror laws Tuesday, finding that confessions and testimonies obtained from the suspects were inadmissible because they were obtained through torture. Only...
US District Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the US Eastern District of Louisiana Tuesday modified his 2006 ruling that rejected a $51 million jury award against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. ,...
The California State Assembly voted 42-34 Tuesday to approve the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act which would restore California's marriage statute to its pre-1977 gender-neutral language and define marriage as "a personal...
Judges on Ecuador's new Constitutional Tribunal Tuesday selected Patricio Pazmino Freire, a supporter of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa , to head the court. The new membership of the tribunal, elected [Prensa Latina...
The Constitutional Court of Hungary ruled Tuesday in favor of a proposed referendum on unpopular economic reform proposals advanced by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany . A coalition of opposition parties including the Hungarian Civic Party...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal Tuesday against the dismissal of immigration fraud charges against anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles . US District Judge Kathleen Cardone ruled in...
The New Haven, Connecticut Board of Alderman has voted 25-1 to fund a program advanced by Mayor John DeStefano Jr. that will provide a municipal identification card to all residents, including the approximately 15,000 undocumented...
