Violent crime in the US increased 1.3 percent last year, according to the Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2006 , released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday. Property crime decreased 2.9 percent,...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said Saturday that he had accepted the resignation of Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov ahead of an expected European Commission report on the country's ongoing...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Friday announced draft legislation to combat violent crime that would increase penalties, extend the statute of limitations for prosecution, and create separate statutory prohibitions against violent crime by illegal immigrants [JURIST news...
US President George W. Bush continued to push for passage of the latest comprehensive immigration reform bill Friday, denying conservative claims that the bill is "amnesty" by insisting it brings consequences for...
Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin , the leader of Thailand's 2006 bloodless coup , said Friday on state television that he backs amnesty for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his party leaders. The remarks follow Wednesday's...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Friday ruled against Internet telephone (VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol) provider Vonage in its challenge to 2006 FCC rules [PDF text; press...
Dennis Edney, a Canadian civilian lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr , said Friday that his client would not work out a plea deal with the US military because...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled Friday that there was insufficient evidence to support charges of rebellion against six leftist congressional representatives alleged to have plotted a coup to oust President Gloria...
The government of Pakistan Friday instituted a two-month ban on unauthorized rallies of more than five people in the capital city of Islamabad. The move came only one day before a planned march from...
A criminal court in Cairo Thursday refused a plea by public prosecutor Abdel Maguid for the release of jailed Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour . Maguid had asked the court to consider Nour's deteriorating health,...
