The Chilean government will begin a non-binding consultation process on Tuesday to survey the indigenous inhabitants of Easter Island on tourism influx and immigration into the island. The consultation comes as the Chilean Supreme...
A US military judge on Wednesday dismissed the military lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr in accordance with Khadr's request. During Wednesday's brief hearing, Col. Patrick Parrish accepted the resignation ...
The Italian Constitutional Court on Wednesday struck down the 2008 law granting immunity from prosecution to the four highest officials of the country, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [official profile,...
The head of the Honduran interim government Roberto Micheletti on Monday convened his council of ministers to repeal the executive decree issued last week that suspended several constitutional rights. The repeal...
Former Costa Rican president Rafael Calderon was convicted Monday on corruption charges and sentenced to five years in prison. Calderon was unanimously convicted by three judges at the Second Judicial Circuit...
The Criminal Chamber of the Peruvian Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced former president Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for multiple counts of illegal wiretapping and bribery. Fujimori is to...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Wednesday that the ICC will prosecute the most responsible parties for the December 2007 Kenyan post-election violence now that Kenya's September...
Suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. Prosecutors from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have said that they have significant information to use...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a mandatory anthrax vaccination program for some members of the military. The appeals court affirmed a February 2008 district...
The head of the Honduran interim government Roberto Micheletti said Monday that he may lift restrictions on constitutional rights imposed Sunday by the end of the week. The de facto government passed an executive decree late...
