US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Wednesday appointed former federal prosecutor Alan Bersin as assistant secretary for international affairs and special representative for border affairs to oversee illegal immigration and anti-crime efforts along...
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Former federal prosecutor to oversee US border policy
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Guantanamo detainee alleges continued abuse in phone interview
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Canada prosecutors to appeal first sentence under new anti-terrorism act
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Federal court strikes down Florida law targeting Cuba travel companies
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DC Circuit grants congressman immunity in Haditha defamation suit
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Afghanistan women protest controversial law restricting women’s rights
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Bolivia president ends hunger strike after final version of election law passed
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Sixth Circuit stays deportation of accused Nazi guard
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JURIST nominated for Webby Award as best law website
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Ex-Qwest CEO Nacchio begins serving sentence for insider trading after losing appeals
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Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammad El Gharani has alleged that he has been recently abused by guards at the military prison, according to a Tuesday report by Al Jazeera. El Gharani reportedly made the allegations...
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada on Tuesday sought leave to appeal the prison sentence of 10.5 years given to Mohammed Momin Khawaja , the first person to be charged and...
The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional a Florida state law that requires travel companies offering service to Cuba to post substantially higher bonds than companies...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a defamation suit filed by a former US Marine against Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) after ruling...
A group of approximately 300 Afghan women protesting a law that critics say severely curtails womens' rights were confronted by a crowd of approximately 1,000 counter-protesters Wednesday, some of whom threw stones and gravel at the women. The protest...
Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his five-day hunger strike after the Bolivian National Congress approved the final version of a new election law ....
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted Tuesday a stay of deportation of accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk . The court issued the stay while it considers...
JURIST was nominated Tuesday for a prestigious Webby Award as the best Law website of 2009. Called the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and...
Former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio on Tuesday began serving a six-year sentence for insider trading after the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied Monday his request...
