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The UK Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a High Court decision that nine Afghanistan nationals responsible for the February 6, 2000 Stansted Airport hijacking should have "discretionary leave" to stay in Britain...

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Supreme Court of the United States, June 29, 2006 . Excerpt from the Opinion by Justice Stevens:Petitioner Salim Ahmed Hamdan,...

The trial of David Safavian , former chief of staff at the General Services Administration (GSA) and former White House chief procurement officer, begins Wednesday. Safavian is charged with making false statements to Senate and GSA...

UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said Saturday that the British government will ask the European Court of Human Rights to review a long-standing ban against EU countries deporting individuals to countries where they would be at risk...

S & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWHC 1111 (Admin), UK High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court, Mr. Justice Sullivan, May 10, 2006 [ruling granting asylum to...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that he is considering granting clemency to former President Pasteur Bizimungu , who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for inciting violence, embezzlement, and associating with criminals after...

The trial of radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri , charged under the UK Terrorism Act 2000 for inciting racial hatred, began in London on Monday. Hamza was arrested last May on a US extradition warrant, and...

Egypt Saturday released from prison Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary-general of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood opposition group. Ezzat was arrested in May in a crackdown on political protests, days before the country's...

Leading Friday's states brief, Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal has ruled that unused butterfly ballots from the 2000 presidential election can be destroyed as they are not public records. Chief Judge Charles J. Kahn, Jr. wrote...

Egypt's upper house of parliament Sunday approved an amendment to the Egyptian Constitution setting regulations for Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential election despite fear in some quarters that the guidelines would exclude serious contenders from running. Egyptians have typically...