Connecticut Superior Court judge Patrick J. Clifford ruled Friday that convicted serial killer Michael Ross is mentally competent to waive his death penalty appeals. Ross, who was convicted of raping and killing eight woman...
Ousted Ecuador president Lucio Gutierrez said Friday that his removal from office Wednesday by the Ecuadorian Congress violated the country's constitution and that, contrary to its contention, he never abandoned his post....
US Department of Health and Human Services head Mike Leavitt announced Friday that the agency will actively enforce the little-used Born-Alive Infant Protection Act . President Bush signed the bill into law in 2002 requiring health...
The UN's independent expert on human rights in Afghanistan, Cherif Bassiouni says he has received reports of torture and other abuses by US and Afghan forces in Afghanistan. In a report of his own released...
In a rare televised address to the nation , Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin apologized Thursday night for a sponsorship scandal that has shaken his Liberal Party . During his address, Martin acknowledged allegations of money...
The UN Commission on Human Rights ended its 61st and possibly last session Friday in the wake of UN Secretary Kofi Annan's announced plans to radically overhaul the 53-member body. Annan and others in the international community...
In an effort to bolster support for UN ambassador nominee John Bolton , the State Department Friday released endorsements and letters of support for Bolton from former secretaries of state, ambassadors and senior government officials. The endorsements come...
The hopes of Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for a presidential run in the 2006 national election remained uncertain Friday after a strange turn of events Thursday that saw current Mexican president Vicente Fox...
Human Rights Watch said in a new report Friday that governments in both North America and Europe have negligently relied upon promises of humane treatment in order to transfer terror suspects to states with well-established records...
Florida circuit judge George Greer ordered the Florida Department of Children and Families on Thursday to release the records of its investigation into allegations that Terri Schiavo was abused prior to her...
