For the fifth year in a row, identity theft topped the list of most reported frauds, the Federal Trade Commission reported Tuesday. The number of complaints about identity theft increased 15 percent from the previous year, and...
Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they plan to take a tough stance on President Bush's proposed judicial appointments , and commented that some Democrats regret not having blocked even more appointments. During Bush's...
In an agreement with prosecutors, Sgt. Javal Davis, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday as anticipated to dereliction of duty, battery and making a false official statement to Army investigators in connection with maltreatment of detainees at the Abu...
The Vietnamese government has announced plans to release 8,000 prisoners, including religious activists and political dissidents, as part of its annual amnesty accompanying Tet, the Lunar New Year, which falls on February 9. The government releases a number of...
Following up on a story that ran earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, a much-anticipated and as-yet-unreleased UN investigation into human rights abuses in the Darfur region of Sudan does not characterize them as "genocide", according to...
Thousands of illegal immigrants fled Malaysia Monday as the Malaysian government prepared to launch a campaign to round up and deport illegal foreign workers. January 31 is the last day of a three-month amnesty granted...
The Taiwanese government has urged the US to intensify its opposition to China's proposed anti-secession law , which is aimed at Taiwan. Joseph Wu, Taiwan's top official for China-Taiwan affairs, admitted late on...
The National Telecommunications Commission in the Philippines has ordered cable operators to shut down all chat rooms, in response to complaints that some had become sex channels. The NTC commented that some chat room operators were not...
Jerzy Urban, editor-in-chief of the Polish weekly newspaper Nie , was convicted by a court in Warsaw Tuesday for criticizing Pope John Paul II . Jerzy was found guilty of insulting a head of state,...
Thousands of abortion opponents marched on Washington Monday, commemorating the 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade which fell Saturday. In a phone call from Camp David President Bush addressed the March...
