Search Results for: 2005-07-27

Ahmed Ressam , known as the "millennium bomber" for plotting to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999 , was sentenced to 22 years in prison by federal judge John Coughenour Wednesday. US...

US-based rights group Human Rights Watch has issued a new report detailing accusations of police torture in Nigeria . Nigeria responded with a sharp denial, saying in a statement that " can say without fear...

The UN High Commission for Refugees began airlifting Uzbek refugees from Kyrgyzstan Wednesday amidst concerns for their safety there . As many as 455 refugees will eventually be relocated . The refugees fled a...

On a surprise visit to Iraq Wednesday, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told reporters, "Now's the time to get on with it," regarding the impending August 15 deadline for submitting a new Iraq constitution [JURIST news...

Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized on Monday for the shooting last Friday of a Brazilian man mistaken for a terrorist , while relatives of the man are considering legal action . Brazilian citizen Jean...

East Timor and Indonesia have set up a joint truth commission, to open August 1 2005, to address human rights violations that occurred during a 1999 rampage in East Timor [Human Rights Watch...

In a short televised statement, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said it is "reasonably clear" that the multiple London transport system blasts earlier Thursday were "terrorist attacks" designed to...

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, US District Judge Sim Lake has ordered the jury selection for the trial of former Enron Chairman Ken Lay , ex-CEO Jeff Skilling and...

AP is reporting that after a week-long trial a jury in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has found defrocked Roman Catholic priest Paul Shanley guilty of repeatedly molesting a boy at his church during the...