Iraqi officials have suspended business with the Australia Wheat Board (AWB) while an Australian judicial inquiry investigates allegations that AWB paid bribes of up to $300 million to the former government of Saddam Hussein...
Presidents Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and Xanana Gusmao of East Timor will meet this week to discuss a report alleging widespread human rights violations during Indonesia's 24-year occupation of East Timor. The meeting, originally...
The trial of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma for rape began in Johannesburg Monday, though proceedings were cut short when presiding Judge Bernard Ngoepe stepped down from the case. The defense had argued that Ngoepe's...
A Council of Europe report to be officially released on Wednesday contains a scathing 200-page criticism of France's record on human rights. The report, based on inspections of prisons and police precincts in September 2005, cites a...
The criminal investigation into government leaks which led to the New York Times' disclosure of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program is expanding, as federal agents have increased the number of interviews of law...
An Italian prosecutor is seeking to put 17 former Nazi SS members on trial for participation in the 1944 massacre of 700 civilians in the town of Marzabotto in Bologna. Prosecutor Marco de Paolis has asked a...
A four-hour prison riot in Los Angeles County on Saturday was the result of racial tension, county Sheriff Lee Baca said Sunday. The riot, in which 2,000 inmates participated, took place at the maximum-security North County Correctional...
Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant has asked the Canadian federal government for the power to ban handguns, vowing to look to constitutional options if he is refused. Last last week Bryant criticized current Canadian firearms laws [Canadian...
A bail hearing for Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is set for Monday in Santiago Monday following Hiriat's return to Chile Saturday after she withdrew her request for...
The trial of Uzbek opposition leader and businessman Sanjar Umarov opened and promptly adjourned Monday in Tashkent after defense lawyers requested more time to prepare their case. Umarov, a leader of the opposition Sunshine Uzbekistan Coalition [party...
