A Dutch appeals court Wednesday overturned the convictions of seven men who were charged with being in a terrorist network that included Muslim extremist Mohammed Bouyeri . Bouyeri confessed to the November 2004 murder [BBC report;...
The Dutch government plans to ban burqas in schools and government offices, rejecting a proposal by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders to prohibit wearing burqas in public altogether, according to Wednesday...
The US Senate Tuesday passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 , a military spending bill that includes a provision exemptimg Iraq from US lawsuits dating back to the regime of ousted Iraqi President...
The Iraqi parliament gave first reading Monday to a draft bill forwarded by the Iraqi cabinet which could allow for the pardon and release of around 5,000 detainees currently held in Iraqi prisons....
The Malaysian lawyer whose 2001 video of a deal over a judicial appointment has sparked accusations and investigations into judicial corruption, claimed Monday he must have been intoxicated when he appeared to...
Human Rights Watch Sunday condemned the appointment of a suspected Janjaweed militia leader as an advisor to Sudan's Ministry of Federal Affairs and special advisor to President Omar El Bashir . Musa Hilal is...
Spain's highest court of appeal said Thursday that 25 appeals have been filed against verdicts handed down against convicted participants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings , both from defendants and from victims, and that it expects...
Prosecutions under a new Arizona law aimed at preventing employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants will not begin until after March 1, according to an agreement reached in federal court Wednesday. The delay will allow US...
US President George W. Bush on Tuesday authorized the US Navy to continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the coast of southern California despite a November 2007 ruling by...
The White House admitted late Tuesday that it had recycled its back-up computer tapes of e-mails prior to October 2003. US Magistrate Judge John Facciola ordered the White House earlier this month to report whether...
