Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Friday signed into law legislation authorizing the creation of a DNA database for convicted criminals, according to reports. Under the law, passed by the State Duma on November...
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted five Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians , according to reports. The Associated Press reported that...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Friday ruled that an Egyptian Christian who could face torture in Egypt may challenge his deportation from the United...
The Russian State Duma on Friday gave first reading to a bill that would ban jury trials for terrorism, espionage, and treason, among other crimes. In a vote of 351 to 34 with...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Friday that it would add charges of murder and torture to the case against Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek-Eav...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in two cases. In al-Marri v. Pucciarelli , the Court will decide whether the Authorization for Use of Military Force [text,...
A Moroccan court on Friday sentenced Hicham Ahmidan to 10 years in prison for his role in the 2004 Madrid train bombings , which killed almost 200 people. Ahmidan, who was...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously ruled Thursday that there was no human rights violation when a French school expelled two students for refusing to remove their headscarves ....
The Taiwan Taipei District Court on Thursday sentenced former head of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau Yeh Sheng-mao to 10 years in prison on corruption charges. Yeh was convicted of corruption,...
Two US congressman on Thursday sent a letter to US Attorney General Michael Mukasey , calling on him to explain comments he made Wednesday about pardoning US counterterrorism officials for their controversial policies. Mukasey...
