The court-appointed advocates for the late Slobodan Milosevic have asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to release secret medical files that may provide further information on Milosevic's death. British barristers Steven...
The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments on whether unsworn non-testimonial statements made by crime victims to 911 operators or to police officers at crime scenes are inadmissible at trials of criminal...
The French government again defended its recently passed First Employment Contract (CPE) labor law Sunday, a day after mass protests against the legislation were held in Paris and other major French cities. The law allows French...
The latest effort to put former Liberian President Charles Taylor on trial for crimes against humanity at the Special Court for Sierra Leone should be seen as a warning to the "world's...
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board created by the US Congress in December 2004 implementing a recommendation from the 9/11 Commission will finally begin to function later this month when the Board's five members...
Lawmakers on Sunday urged an overhaul of the US government investment review process that approved the takeover by United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World of operating rights at several United States ports. The current process...
A new report from Amnesty International (AI) concludes that the arbitrary detention of thousands of people in Iraq facilitates abuses of prisoners. Using official figures from the Multi-National Force in Iraq , AI...
In a speech to the East Tennessee Economic Council, US National Nuclear Security Administration head Linton Brooks , has publicly acknowledged for the first time the Bush administration's intent to abandon "nuclear disarmament." Brooks said...
A defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein said Monday that the Iraqi members of the defense team will attend the next session of the trial set to resume on Tuesday. Earlier this month Hussein,...
The United Nations Security Council deadlocked Monday over what sanctions to impose in connection with the ongoing conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. The US, Britain, Denmark and France would like to...
