French judge Jean-Claude Kross Wednesday postponed a verdict in the trial of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of attending combat training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan , saying the...
US State Department officials testified Wednesday that the number of refugees admitted to the US has fallen by 23 percent as a result of provisions in the USA Patriot Act...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso suggested Monday that the EU temporarily halt membership enlargement after Bulgaria and Romania join while the EU works to resolve institutional and constitutional problems. Though...
Afghanistan women's rights advocate and director of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kandahar Safia Hana Jan was killed by armed gunmen in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday. Local officials launched an immediate...
New York US District Judge Jack Weinstein Monday certified a class action lawsuit for "light" cigarette smokers against tobacco companies accused of leading smokers to believe that light cigarettes are healthier than regular cigarettes. The...
A group of five United Nations human rights investigators told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva Thursday that pending US legislation drafted by the Bush administration to clarify interrogation methods for...
A Louisiana grand jury in New Orleans indicted Salvador and Mabel Mangano Wednesday on 35 charges of negligent homicide and 64 charges of cruelty to the infirm from the couple's alleged refusal to evacuate a St. Rita's Nursing Home...
The US House Judiciary Committee voted 20 to 16 along party lines Wednesday to approve the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act of 2006 , a measure that would relax warrant requirements for electronic...
US Justice Department Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty argued against the pending Free Flow of Information Act of 2006 during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, saying that a federal shield law...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told a press conference Monday that specification of banned interrogation methods in military commissions legislation drafted by the Bush administration currently under consideration in Congress is...
