SEC chairman says Congress may need to reinforce hedge fund regulation
US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox suggested that Congress may need to permit increased SEC oversight over hedge funds to protect retail investors and prevent fraud, during a hearing held by...
Charges dropped against US soldier accused of killing Iraqi civilian
Charges have been dropped against a Pennsylvania National Guardsman accused in the February 15 shooting death of an Iraqi civilian near a US military base at Ramadi , a city west of Baghdad. Prosecutors recommended...
Former US soldier charged with rape, murder in Mahmudiya probe
Federal prosecutors in Charlotte charged former US Army soldier Steven Green with murder and rape Monday in connection with the death of an Iraqi woman and three family members in Mahmudiya in March. US Army Maj. Gen. James Thurman,...
Iraqi tribunal says former deputy PM safe in judicial custody
The Iraqi High Tribunal said on Friday that while coalition forces still provide physical protection for former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz , he has been safe and in no danger in the legal custody...
Rwanda president blasts ICTR for inefficiency, conflicts of interest
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has criticized the UN-funded International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as inefficient, and said that several ICTR employees should be testifying before the court for their...
Judge orders DOD to speed up FOIA request on monitoring of student protesters
A federal judge has ordered the US Department of Defense to expedite processing of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several student groups regarding the alleged...
Bush may have to bridge Senate, House divide over immigration reform bill
Following US Senate passage of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 on Thursday, observers suggested Friday that President Bush is likely to play an important role in reconciling the Senate plan with...
At least 600 US troops have been linked to cases of abuse , torture or killing of as many as 460 detainees at various detention facilities around the world, three human rights groups reported Wednesday. According to a...
Guantanamo detainees claim US prisoner transfers exposed them to torture
Recently-released US military tribunal hearing records and other documents indicate at that least seven prisoners at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay were transferred abroad to jurisdictions practicing torture before their arrival at the base,...
Zimbabwe security minister threatens deadly force against anti-Mugabe protesters
Zimbabwe State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa on Tuesday repeated his threats that government soldiers and police will use deadly force if necessary to thwart any protests organized by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai . Mutasa was...
