The French Cour de Cassation appeals court ruled Tuesday that French law precluded a woman from legally adopting her lesbian partner's biological child, who was conceived through artificial insemination. The court held that such adoption...
Rwanda released 8,000 prisoners implicated in the country's 1994 genocide Monday in an effort to combat prison overcrowding and promote reconciliation. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and genocide survivors' group Ibuka...
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan , sentenced to death in connection with crimes against humanity committed in the town of Dujail in 1982, has alleged in a sworn statement [DOC...
The Georgia General Assembly is set to consider a bill passed by the state Senate last week requiring state residents to acquire a valid state driver's license and confirm they are legally present in the US...
US Marine Lance Cpl. Robert B. Pennington pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of murder, kidnapping, housebreaking, larceny and conspiracy for his role in the death of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania...
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Monday that he favors amending the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code without eliminating the provision altogether. The article makes...
The Assets Examination Committee in Thailand , charged with investigating allegations of corruption by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family, recommended Monday that criminal tax evasion charges be filed against...
A German state court in Stuttgart ruled Monday that Brigitte Mohnhaupt , a second-generation member of the ultra-left German group Red Army Faction , also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, will be granted parole on March 27...
US Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced a bill Tuesday entitled the "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007" designed to protect the personal information of American consumers. The legislation resembles...
Murat Kurnaz , a Turkish citizen born in Germany and formerly held at Guantanamo Bay , plans to request the release of secret military documents pertaining to his detention, according to...
