In a greatly anticipated move, the government of Zimbabwe has published a draft bill proposing sweeping changes to the country's constitution , including the creation of a new two-chamber parliament. Shortly after the elections last year,...
A Serbian war crimes court Friday convicted and sentenced four former members of the Avengers parliamentary group to prison terms of fifteen to twenty years for their involvement in the 1992 abduction and murder of 16 Muslim men and...
An investigation conducted by the US Navy Criminal Investigation Services has found no evidence to support allegations that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainees were abused. In a letter written to Australian Prime Minister John Howard released...
A military investigator appearing Wednesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee told lawmakers that certain terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay were degraded and abused by interrogators, but not tortured. Air Force Lt. Gen. Randall...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in a challenge to Montana District Court Judge Richard Cebull's March ruling barring the resumed importation of Canadian cattle to the US. US attorney...
Following up on a story previously reported in JURISTs Paper Chase, the House Select Committee on Intelligence Wednesday approved several measures porposed by Democrats during a markup session that would limit on governmental power under the Patriot...
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy announced Wednesday that his country will retake full control of its borders within the EU. Sarkozy cited security concerns created after the London bombings last week for the decision to activate the...
US District Judge T.S. Ellis Monday denied a motion by US-based security firm Custer Battles to invoke the False Claims Act to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two former employees alleging that the Rhode Island security...
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau has announced a criminal investigation of former UN Oil-for-Food chief Benon Sevan . According to a New York Sun report, Sevan is being investigated in connection with allegations of commercial bribery...
A former Yugoslav army general testifying Monday on behalf of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic denied that the former leader and Bosnian Serb forces were responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and suggested it did not...
