A Somali man charged with piracy pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of hijacking, kidnapping, and hostage taking related to last April's attack on the US container ship Maersk Alabama . Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was originally...
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The US Senate Judiciary Committee released a bipartisan questionnaire on Tuesday submitted by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan regarding her prior experience, financial status, potential conflicts of interest,...
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the release of three individuals accused of crimes committed as part of the "Christian warrior" militia called Hutaree . Judge Victoria Roberts of the US District Court for the Eastern...
The UK coalition government will review the country's Human Rights Act after two Pakistani terror suspects successfully avoided deportation by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission due to concerns for their safety. The commission identified both...
The International Crisis Group (ICG) on Monday accused Sri Lankan security forces of war crimes during the last months of the Sri Lankan civil war . The ICG claims that the violence of...
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday pardoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik , convicted on corruption charges in 2004. Zardari issued the pardon after the Lahore High Court refused to throw out Malik's 2004 conviction. Malik...
Yemen's Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday that a Yemeni court has sentenced six Somali pirates to death and six additional pirates to 10-year jail sentences for the hijacking of a Yemeni oil...
A Chinese court on Tuesday convicted Huang Guangyu, formerly China's richest man , of illegal business dealings, insider trading, and corporate bribery. Huang was previously the chairman of Pengrun Investments and founder of subsidiary GOME Electrical Appliances [corporate...
Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Antonio Maria Costa on Monday opened a UN conference on international crime prevention by warning of the inadequacies of the current international crime control system. Costa...
DC-based consumer advocacy organization Food and Water Watch (FWW) filed suit in a US district court Monday against the US Department of Interior (DOI) and the Minerals Management Service (MMS) for an injunction...
