Search Results for: 2002-07-11

Canada's Arar Commission , the official judicial inquiry into the circumstances under which Canadian Maher Arar was detained in the US in 2002 and removed to Syria where Arar says he was tortured, recommended...

The US Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland has settled child sex abuse lawsuits with about 150 people, court-appointed mediators US District Judge Michael Hogan and Oregon Circuit Judge Lyle Velure announced [news...

Former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet suffered a heart attack Sunday, but is in stable yet serious condition after undergoing emergency surgery. The development represents another setback to recent attempts by Chilean authorities...

Chilean Judge Victor Montiglio indicted former dictator Augusto Pinochet Monday and placed him under house arrest in connection with the firing-squad deaths of two of former President Salvador Allende's bodyguards during the so-called Caravan...

The Australian Senate voted Tuesday to lift restrictions on stem cell research and permit the therapeutic cloning of human embryos. By a 34-32 vote, lawmakers approved the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of...

Thousands of lawyers working for political parties, government and interest groups are preparing to go into action across the United States Tuesday when Americans vote in mid-term elections. At stake is control of Congress and a series...

Canada's Arar Commission , the official judicial inquiry into the circumstances under which Canadian Maher Arar was detained in the US in 2002 and removed to Syria where Arar says he was tortured, concluded...

Less than half of lawyers hired to work in the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division since 2003 have a background in civil rights, according to resumes obtained by the Boston Globe through a Freedom of...

Sen. John Warner (R-VA) said Friday that Congress must be cautious about passing an alternative to military commissions at Guantanamo Bay , which were struck down by the...

The city of York, Pennsylvania, will pay a $2 million settlement to the relatives of a black woman shot to death during race riots in 1969. The two children and two sisters of Lilly Belle Allen will get a...