Canada, the European Union, and several key supporters of a proposed UN Human Rights Council are urging the United States to accept a compromise that would allow approval of a draft UN General Assembly resolution ...
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Leading Tuesday's international brief, the UN Security Council has expressed its approval of the African Union decision to extend the AU peacekeeping force mandate for Darfur by six...
Zimbabwe police Monday denied torture allegations by suspects arrested and charged with plotting to overthrow the government and assassinate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . Senior Assistant Commissioner Ronald Muderedzwa said only 11 people have been arrested...
Four members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang go on trial Tuesday in California as the government attempts to bring an end to the white supremacist group. Altogether, twenty members of the gang face eventual trial in...
The president of the NAACP called on the US Justice Department Monday to block New Orleans mayoral elections currently scheduled for April 22, saying they would be "illegal" because the state of Louisiana "cannot guarantee...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia formally closed its war crimes case against former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic Tuesday, three days after he was found dead in his cell over...
A resolution introduced Monday in the US Senate by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) to censure President Bush over domestic spying received only lukewarm approval from Feingold's fellow Democrats, preventing a floor vote...
Belarus authorities in Minsk Monday sentenced fifteen opposition activists to short jail terms as part of the government's latest effort to suppress opposition before Sunday's presidential elections. According to human rights monitors, the activists were not...
The controversial UK Identity Cards Bill will go back to the House of Lords on Wednesday after Prime Minister Tony Blair's governing Labour Party won a critical...
Government's Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the Death Notice and/or Exclusion of Witness, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, March 13, 2006 [memorandum opposing Moussaoui's motion to dismiss the death notice based on...
