A spokesperson for the Pentagon acknowledged on Sunday while speaking to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) that the US held 12 juveniles at the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...
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Russia military judge orders open trial for men accused in killing of journalist
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Jailed ex-Taiwan president taken to hospital
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Iraq cabinet approves US status of forces agreement
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Ninth Circuit rules Indian tribal immunity extends to profit-making businesses
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Israel high court gives settlers 3 days to vacate disputed West Bank house
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ICC chief prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Darfur rebel leaders
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Myanmar opposition leaders receive 65-year prison terms
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Kentucky Klan members ordered to pay $2.5 million for racially motivated attack
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Supreme Court agrees to hear five cases including recusal, double jeopardy appeals
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A Moscow District Military Court judge ruled on Monday that the trial of three men accused in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya will be made open to the public . This decision came after the...
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Sunday was taken to a Taipei hospital for treatment of dehydration resulting from a hunger strike he had staged to protest his detention in jail for corruption....
The Iraqi cabinet voted Sunday in an emergency session to approve a final draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the US and Iraq. The SOFA, which determines the relationship between Iraqi, American and Multi-National...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that tribal sovereign immunity applies to lawsuits brought in federal court dealing with the profit-making businesses of Indian tribes. In Cook...
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Sunday that settlers in a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron have three days to evacuate or else face eviction. The four-story home, called the House of...
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday at a meeting of states party to the ICC treaty that he would seek arrest warrants for the leaders of rebel...
A closed court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced three top pro-democracy leaders to 65 years in prison, relatives of the leaders told AFP Saturday. Activists Min Ko Naing , Ko Ko Gyu, and...
A Kentucky jury Friday ordered three members of the Imperial Klans of America (IKA), including "Imperial Wizard" Ron Edwards, to pay $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages for a racially motivated attack against Jordan...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in five cases Friday. In Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company the Court will consider whether a decision by West Virginia...
