Iraqi Human Rights Minister Bakhtiar Amin defended his countrys human rights record since the formal dissolution of US occupation last year at a press conference Thursday, reminding critics that Iraqs treatment of human rights issues is far better than...
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French newspaper Le Monde reported Monday that the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague is about to indict Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and issue...
The US Supreme Court Wednesday considered two high-profile cases on the constitutionality of public displays of the Ten Commandments. The Court heard oral arguments in Van Orden v. Perry regarding a large and prominently-displayed monument of...
The International Criminal Court announced Tuesday that it will hold a hearing to discuss what action the Prosecutor's Office will be taking in light of its investigation of the abuses committed in the Democratic Republic of the...
Spanish court issues arrest warrant for former Guatemalan ruler
A Spanish court has issued an international arrest warrant for former Guatemalan military ruler Romeo Lucas Garcia, sources said Monday. Garcia, who now suffers from Alzheimer's disease, is wanted in connection with a 1980 siege against the Spanish embassy...
Purple Heart guardsman charged with murder of Iraqi civilian
The US Army announced Tuesday that Corporal Dustin Berg, a soldier in the Indiana National Guard awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in Iraq, has been charged in the murder of an Iraqi civilian....
Judge clears GOP challenge in WA gubernatorial election dispute
Washington State Superior Court Judge John E. Bridges ruled in favor of Republicans Friday by allowing a court challenge to proceed against election totals that resulted in last month's swearing in of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire . Gregoire...
The execution of serial killer Michael Ross was postponed early Saturday morning one hour before it was scheduled to take place . Ross attorney T.R. Paulding, hired by Ross last year to speed the execution process,...
Russian military officers arrested for helping terrorists seize school
Two high-ranking Russian military officers have been arrested and warrants have been issued for the arrest of several others after the Russian parliamentary commission investigating last year's terrorist seizure of a school in Beslan handed over evidence to law...
California prison officials executed three-time murderer Donald Beardslee Wednesday morning, the first execution in California in three years. Following a Board of Prison Terms recommendation , California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger denied clemency to Beardslee, saying: The state...