Kenya should not grant amnesty to anyone who committed human rights violations in the wake of December's disputed presidential election , according to a report issued Wednesday by the Office of...
Iraq's Presidency Council Wednesday withdrew its objections to a provincial elections law detailing the relationship between Iraq's central and local governments. In a statement issued Wednesday, the three-member Presidency Council, comprised of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Vice...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Chamber of Commerce v. Brown , 06-939, a case where the Court is reviewing the constitutionality of a 2000...
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda asked Peruvian President Alan Garcia during talks in Tokyo Monday to ensure that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is treated fairly during his ongoing trial on murder and kidnapping...
An Australian parliamentarian Monday introduced a bill in the Parliament of Australia that would call for the appointment of an independent reviewer to evaluate Australia's counterterrorism laws. Petro Georgiou of the Liberal Party [party...
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear eight cases , including FCC v. Fox Television Stations (07-582) , where the Court will review a June 2007 ruling...
China's Supreme People's Court overturned 15 percent of death sentences imposed by lower courts during 2007, the president of the Supreme Court's criminal law chamber said in a Saturday China News report . Huang Ermei...
US President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address Saturday that he has vetoed an intelligence funding bill that would restrict CIA interrogators to using only interrogation techniques explicitly authorized by...
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton of the District of Columbia on Friday held former USA Today reporter Toni Locy in contempt of court and ordered her to personally pay a daily fine for continuing to...
The UK House of Commons Wednesday voted 311-248 against putting ratification of the new EU reform treaty , properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon , to a public vote, thereby rejecting proposals for...
