Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka appeared before parliament Thursday to call for both his freedom and respect for the "rule of law." Fonseka argued for his release from what he...
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Sri Lanka ex-army chief calls for freedom, ‘rule of law’
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Dutch court acquits Arab group of hate speech over Holocaust cartoon
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Bosnian Serbs sentenced to 31 years for Srebrenica massacre
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US Navy SEAL acquitted of Iraqi prisoner assault charges
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Civil rights groups seek suspension of airport full body scanners
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Germany prosecutors charge ex-Red Army Faction member with murder
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Rwanda opposition leader arrested on genocide denial charges
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Suspected Somali pirates to face trial in US: report
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Supreme Court hears arguments on meaning of ‘mistake’ in civil procedure case
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Egypt court to try Muslim Brotherhood members for money laundering
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The Netherlands Utrecht District Court on Thursday acquitted members of the Arab European League (AEL) of hate speech charges resulting from the posting a cartoon on their website that insinuated that...
The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court on Thursday convicted Radomir Vukovic and Zoran Tomic for their alleged roles in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian civil war . The accused...
A US military panel in Iraq on Thursday acquitted Navy SEAL Julio Huertas of any wrongdoing in connection with the alleged assault of a high-profile Iraqi detainee. A six-person jury found Huertas not guilty on...
A group of more than 30 privacy and civil liberty groups on Wednesday asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to suspend the full body scanner program being implemented by the...
German federal prosecutors said Wednesday that they have charged former Red Army Faction (RAF) member Verena Beckman for the 1977 murders of federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and two other men. Beckman was originally arrested...
Rwandan authorities arrested opposition presidential candidate Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Wednesday, accusing her of denying the 1994 Rwandan genocide and collaborating with terrorists. Authorities cited Ingabire's call for the prosecution of...
A US government official said Wednesday that at least five accused Somali pirates will face charges in the US , according to the Associated Press. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity while the...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Krupski v. Costa Crociere on the appropriate construction of "mistake" in Federal Rule of...
Five international Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members will be tried in an Egyptian criminal court on charges of money laundering, Attorney General Abdul Magid Mahmoud announced Wednesday. The members, including Muslim Brotherhood...
