Liberia's president-elect Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf , soon to becomethe first female president of an African state, vowed Monday that all rapists will be appropriately punished during her presidency according to a new law. The country's parliament passed...
An Egyptian court has ruled that closed-circuit TV cameras will be installed in polling places in order to allow independent monitors to watch ballot counting in Egypt's parliamentary elections , which will finish with the third round...
An anonymous UN official has said that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday plans to announce the firing of Carina Perelli, chief of the UN's Electoral Assistance Division which organizes and promotes free elections in countries...
A United Nations human rights official said Sunday that the trial of Saddam Hussein will never be able to satisfy international standards, citing recent attacks on defense lawyers and flaws in the Iraqi justice...
According to a new rule approved by the Michigan Supreme Court , jurors cannot be selected on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. The rule, approved by a 4-3 vote and released Friday, will...
French newspaper Le Figaro reported Friday that two CIA-chartered flights made secret stops in France in 2002 and 2005 , bolstering allegations that the intelligence agency used the flights to transport Islamist terror...
The US Department of Defense said Thursday that it plans to move forward in the trial against a 19-year old Canadian citizen who was charged last month with murdering a US Army...
A United Nations human rights investigator said Friday that prisoner torture in China is declining but is still widespread, and accused Chinese authorities of obstructing his work during a 2-week torture investigation . Manfred Nowak...
A US Army officer has been arrested on bribery, money laundering, theft, and wire fraud charges as part of an illegal scheme during his service with the US governing administration in Iraq, according to US Department...
Kenneth Lee Boyd became the 1,000th person executed Friday since the US Supreme Court reinstated the country's capital punishment program in 1977 after a 10-year moratorium. Boyd, who was convicted of fatally shooting...
