The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday urged Japan to take steps to abolish the death penalty , reiterating its concern that the number of crimes punished by death in Japan has not been reduced and...
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UN human rights committee urges Japan to abolish death penalty
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Libya makes final payment to terrorism compensation fund
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Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Tajikistan, Kazakhstan
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US military judge denies prosecution resentencing request in Hamdan trial
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Serbia eligible for EU in 2009 if legal conditions met: draft report
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Federal appeals court upholds Missouri Halloween sex offender law
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US jury convicts son of Liberia ex-president of torture
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Albania prosecutor refuses to investigate Serbian organ trafficking allegations
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UK attorney general to investigate Guantanamo detainee torture claims
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Russia antitrust authority rules oil producers broke competition laws
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US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch announced Friday that Libya has made its final deposit to a $1.5 billion fund for US terrorism victims. Under a US-Libya agreement concluded in August, President...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday announced the transfer of two Guantanamo Bay detainees. One detainee was transferred to Tajikistan and one to Kazakhstan. DOD hailed the move as proof...
A US military judge denied a request by prosecutors Thursday to reconsider the prison term for Salim Ahmed Hamdan , the former driver for Osama Bin Laden . US...
A draft of a European Commission report obtained by a Serbian newspaper this week has confirmed that Serbia should remain eligible for candidacy within the European Union in 2009 provided the country continues to...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Thursday upheld a Missouri state law designed to prevent registered sex offenders from participating in Halloween activities. The law requires sex...
A jury for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday found Charles McArthur Emmanuel, son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor , guilty of charges that he was...
Serbian prosecutors Thursday condemned Albania's refusal to initiate an investigation into allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Albanian Prosecutor General Ina Rama refused Tuesday to cooperate with Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic and...
UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has asked Attorney General Baroness Scotland to begin a criminal investigation into claims that both British and US officers contributed to the torture of Guantanamo Bay detainee and former UK resident Binyam...
Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) Thursday announced that Russian oil companies Rosneft and LUKoil broke competition laws in the Russian market by fixing monopoly-like prices this summer. The FAS found Rosneft and LUKoil fixed high...
