Pakistani government authorities detained at least a dozen members of the opposition Saturday as part of an effort to prevent possible "disturbances" relating to President Pervez Musharraf re-election bid. A high level official in the capital Islamabad indicated that more arrests were likely in as the October 6 election nears. Pakistan's president is chosen by [...]

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is retaining more detailed information on US-bound travelers than previously acknowledged in its Automated Targeting System (ATS) , the Washington Post reported Saturday. Privacy activists say that the ATS, designed to help authorities access the security risk posed by all individuals entering the United States, has recorded highly [...]

A senior Iraqi Interior Ministry official announced Saturday that Iraqi investigators have a videotape showing Blackwater USA private security contractors shooting unarmed Iraqi civilians and that it has referred the incident to the country's judiciary. Under Iraqi law an investigating judge will review the evidence and decide whether to proceed with a criminal prosecution. Blackwater [...]

A US Department of Justice lawyer has informed lawyers representing some 40 detainees at Guantanamo Bay that they will no longer be able to visit with or send written communications to their clients. DOJ lawyer Andrew I. Warden sent an e-mail to the detainees' counsel Friday, referencing a court ruling issued by US District Judge [...]

A German Justice Ministry official said Saturday that US officials have confirmed that there are no plans to extradite 13 CIA agents wanted in Germany on suspicion of playing a role in the alleged 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of German national Khalid el-Masri . German prosecutors said in June they would seek extradition of [...]

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was extradited to Peru Saturday following the Supreme Court of Chile's decision Friday that Fujimori should be extradited on human rights and corruption charges. Fujimori is accused of approving death squad killings and misusing government funds in Peru. The Supreme Court's review came after Peru filed an appeal of a [...]

The UN General Assembly agreed by consensus Friday to accept a committee recommendation that Taiwan's latest bid for UN membership be rejected. Taiwan, which officially refers to itself as the Republic of China, was kicked out of the UN in 1971 by General Assembly Resolution 2758 and replaced by the People's Republic of China as [...]

Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell on Friday ordered the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles "to immediately suspend approval of future parole for any inmate serving a sentence involving a violent offense." Rell said her decision was based on several recent incidents where parolees have been accused in violent crimes. The new policy "will remain in [...]

Russian prosecutors have charged a suspect as an accomplice in the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya , Russian news agency Interfax reported Friday. Shamil Burayev, a one-time district head in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya and former presidential candidate, was arrested earlier this month in connection with Politkovskaya's murder. Burayev's lawyer said prosecutors [...]

The North Carolina Medical Board does not have the authority to discipline doctors that participate in state death penalty procedures, a state judge ruled Friday. Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens held that state requirements that a physician be in attendance during the lethal injection execution of condemned inmates trump a medical board policy [...]