Travis County Prosecutor Ronnie Earle has filed an appeal in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals , the highest criminal court in the state, requesting that conspiracy charges against US Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX)...
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner has said that an estimated 35,000 detention beds are required to turn the Department's maligned "catch and release" program for dangerous illegal immigrants into a "catch and...
Russia Friday assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (COE) , the assembly responsible for maintaining human rights and democracy in Europe. Russian Minister...
Lawyers representing Hurricane Katrina evacuees filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court on Friday, seeking an injunction against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) preventing the agency from ending housing benefits after the twelve-month...
The UN Committee against Torture report released Friday on US compliance with the Convention Against Torture urged the US to do more to protect domestic prisoners and suspects from violence and threats of violence,...
US District Court Judge Robin Cauthron Friday struck down a two year-old amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that prevented Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by gay parents that were finalized in other US or foreign jurisdictions....
Somali MPs on Friday asked Prime Minister Ali Gedi to expel several warlords from the Somali cabinet after 150 people were killed in Mogadishu last week during fighting between Islamic factions and the warlord militias. The MPs...
The US Senate on Thursday passed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 , which would increase the maximum FCC indecency fines per station by a multiple of ten, from $32,500 to $325,000 per violation....
A Russian court-martial sitting at a military base outside Khabarovsk in the far east of the country has sentenced Sergeant Dmitry Nagaitsev to five years in prison after he was convicted of abusing his rank and degradation for beating...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Friday wrapped up her first visit to Cambodia by saying that the country must develop an independent judiciary and allow NGOs to operate effectively...
