AP is reporting that a military jury has sentenced US Army Sgt. Michael J. Smith to six months in prison for abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison by using his unmuzzled dogs to intimidate inmates.Smith...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a police search of a couple's home, where one resident gave permission for the search but the other resident "unequivocally refused to give consent", is unconstitutional...
A military jury has found US Army Sgt. Michael J. Smith guilty on six counts of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison for using his unmuzzled dog to intimidate inmates. Smith was found guilty of...
Liberia has formally asked the Nigerian government to transfer former Liberian President Charles Taylor so that he can face war crimes charges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone . Liberia's transfer request...
Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Thursday ordered that confidential materials in the Slobodan Milosevic case be made available to an ICTY inquiry team and Dutch authorities investigating the...
The US House on Wednesday voted to keep language in an emergency appropriations bill that would block the transfer of operations at six US ports to United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World ,...
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed a record $3.6 million fine against CBS, its stations and affiliates for violating decency standards by airing a graphic sex scene in the program "Without a Trace." The...
AP is reporting that the UN General Assembly has approved a resolution creating a new Human Rights Council by a 170-4 vote, despite US opposition. The new rights body will replace the widely criticized Commission...
President Bush has signed legislation to renew the USA PATRIOT Act , making permanent several sunsetting provisions in the anti-terror law, extending two provisions until 2009, and incorporating a number of new rights...
CNN is reporting that US Sen. John Warner (R-VA) has said that Dubai Ports World has decided to transfer operation of six major US ports to a US entity. DP World, a government-owned company from...
