The Embassy of the US Guatemala on Thursday praised the decision of the Guatemala Constitutional Court allowing former president Alfonso Portillo to be extradited to the US on charges of embezzling foreign donations....
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Guatemala ex-president to be extradited to US for embezzlement trial
Croatia ex-prime minister indicted on fifth corruption charge
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Nobel laureate urges prosecution of Bush, Blair for Iraq war crimes
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Mexico president introduces labor law reform
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Brazil judge agrees to first war crimes trial for members of dictatorship
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Supreme Court adds 2 cases to next term
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Federal judge orders Ohio to allow early voting 3 days prior to election
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Ivory Coast opposition member imprisoned for six months
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UN rights expert denounces executions in Iraq
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California approves bill allowing some illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses
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Croatian prosecutors announced Saturday that they have charged former prime minister Ivo Sanader with embezzlement relating to a real estate deal that took place during his time in office. Sanader is accused of using government funds...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday called for former US president George W. Bush and former UK prime minister Tony Blair to stand trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday introduced a draft bill aimed at liberalizing the country's labor laws. The bill was introduced in the Congress of Mexico by Interior Minister Alejandro Poire, and it...
A Brazilian federal judge in Para on Friday agreed to conduct the first trial against members of its former dictatorship for alleged crimes during the military's rule from 1964-1985. The defendants are two retired army reserve members,...
The US Supreme Court on Friday added two new cases to its docket for next term. The first case, The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles , involves the procedural issue...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio issued a preliminary injunction on Friday that will prevent Ohio Secretary of State John Husted from limiting early election voting in the...
The secretary general of a leading Ivory Coast opposition party was sentenced on Friday to six months of imprisonment. Laurent Akoun of the Ivorian Popular Front, the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo , was sentenced ...
A UN human rights expert on Thursday condemned Iraq for the executions of 21 people on Monday and five more people on Wednesday. UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Chistof Heyns urged...
The California State Assembly approved a bill on Thursday that allows some illegal immigrants who came to the US as children to obtain driver's licenses. The bill, which the state Senate approved...
