Bulgarian Prosecutor General Boris Velchev Thursday defended Bulgaria's pardon of six medics against Libyan criticism , saying that Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov properly exercised his discretionary power to pardon the six defendants, who were within the legal jurisdiction of Bulgaria. On Wednesday, the Libyan Foreign Ministry issued a formal complaint accusing Bulgaria of violating a [...]

Federal authorities have arrested and charged a former school teacher for accepting kickbacks from contractors attempting to obtain military contracts in Iraq, the US Justice Department announced Thursday. Carolyn Blake is alleged to have been involved in a scheme with her brother, Major John L. Cockerham, and his wife, Melissa Cockerham, in which she received [...]

US Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) Wednesday urged members of Congress to adopt legislation suspending the United States' annual $3 million contribution to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) . Coleman said that the UNHRC's focus on Israel and failure to address alleged human rights abuses in countries like North Korea, Myanmar, and Zimbabwe resembles the [...]

The Kansas Supreme Court delayed a bid by Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison to test the constitutionality of an anti-funeral picketing law Wednesday, saying it wasn't sure whether Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was correctly named as the defendant. The court sought clarification from Morrison before August 24. The court, which may dismiss the lawsuit, also asked [...]

Former Bangladeshi Telecommunications Minister Aminul Huq was sentenced to 31 years imprisonment Thursday for aiding Islamic extremists executed in March for the murder of two judges in 2005. The militants acted as part of a terror campaign to bring traditional Islamic rule to the country to replace the current secular, Muslim system. Nearly 30 people [...]

Nigerian Judge Anwuri Shekere Wednesday suspended court proceedings in the criminal case against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer until October 29, granting a request by prosecutors for more time to prepare. Pfizer is accused of conducting an illegal clinical trial in 1996 on approximately 200 Nigerian children, 100 of which were administered the then-experimental anti-biotic Trovan without [...]

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra failed to attend a meeting Thursday with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) which is probing possible tax evasion allegedly committed by Thaksin during his tenure in office. According to the DSI, Thaksin, who now resides in London, may have hid assets owned by his family in order to [...]

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Wednesday that unmarried couples are subject to domestic violence statutes , despite the fact that the law refers to those "living as a spouse." The case arose when a man charged under the domestic violence statute for alleged abuse of his live-in girlfriend attempted to argue that the state's [...]

The US Military Academy at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) said Wednesday that US military panels reviewing the status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay determined that most detainees represented a threat to US national security. The CTC report was based on an analysis of unclassified Combatant Status Review Tribunal summaries . The new report [...]

Report on the Refusal of Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to Comply With Subpoenas By the House Judiciary Committee, July 24, 2007 and White House staff" in connection with the US Attorney firings and the administration's handling of the ensuing investigation]. Read the full text of [...]