Rwandan investigators delivered a report Friday to Rwandan President Paul Kagame on alleged French involvement in the 1994 genocide in the African nation. Specific details have not yet been disclosed, but...
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Rwanda investigators wrap up probe into alleged French role in Rwandan genocide
UN committee approves death penalty moratorium
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Over 1000 foreign rights abusers living in US: DHS
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New York appeals court upholds Kozlowski grand larceny conviction
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Bush nominates 5 to top DOJ posts
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UN rights envoy compiling report on Myanmar crackdown on dissidents
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US House approves surveillance bill without telecom immunity
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Bush slams unfair Senate review of judicial nominees
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Pakistan police release ex-PM Bhutto from house arrest
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Canada Supreme Court refuses to hear asylum appeals of US Army deserters
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The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Thursday voted 99-52 to place a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty . Thirty-three countries abstained from the vote. Opponents of the resolution ,...
More than 1,000 suspected human rights abusers from 85 countries are currently living in the United States, according to to a statement delivered by Marcy Forman, director of the Investigations Office of the US Department of Homeland Security...
A New York appellate court unanimously upheld the convictions of former Tyco International CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski and former CFO Mark Swartz Thursday, rejecting arguments that the pair had been convicted of grand...
US President George W. Bush Thursday announced five nominations for top posts in the US Department of Justice (DOJ), including a federal judge sitting in Chicago for the number two spot. Bush's nominations include:US District Judge...
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said Friday that he obtained enough information from a five-day visit to Myanmar to determine the number of people killed during September's crackdown on pro-democracy protests...
The US House of Representatives passed the RESTORE Act of 2007 ("Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007") by a margin of 227-187 late Thursday without including a provision...
US President George W. Bush on Thursday criticized the Senate's judicial confirmation process as overzealous and said the legislature's constitutional mandate to "advise and consent" can be turned into a method by which to "search and destroy" a nominee's...
The house arrest order against former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been lifted, Pakistani police said Thursday. Bhutto was placed under house arrest for seven days early Tuesday in an effort to block her...
The Supreme Court of Canada declined on Thursday to hear the appeals of two US military deserters who sought refugee status within the country. Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey, both soldiers in the US...
