Police in Nepal fired on a crowd of pro-democracy protestors Tuesday, injuring at least 12, observers said. Reports said that protestors in Kathmandu marched from an area not covered by a curfew [JURIST...

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak has said that Uzbekistan authorities continue to use torture , particularly against those who oppose the government, noting that he has evidence of systematic...

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Tuesday that corruption of its judicial system is one of the largest challenges Indonesia faces in attracting more investment. Wolfowitz said cleaning up the courts would help the...

A series of speakers in the Arizona State Legislature offered stinging criticism in floor speeches Monday of demonstrators who marched in support of a chance for citizenship for illegal immigrants in the US. A group...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Israel's cabinet has declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to be permanently incapacitated , marking the official end of the Sharon administration and opening the way for acting-PM Ehud Olmert to...

A medical officer in the UK's Royal Air Force has pleaded not guilty to charges that he failed to comply with a legal order for refusing to return to Iraq for a third tour of...

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Tuesday denied that he received or read several cables which were sent by diplomats and trade officials to warn the Australian government that the country's leading wheat exporter was...

The judge overseeing the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui ruled Monday that only the jury and other individuals present in the courtroom will be able to hear the cockpit tape of United...

A judge in Spain charged 29 individuals Tuesday for their involvement in the March 2004 Madrid train bombings . Judge Juan del Olmo charged five men with all 191 deaths in the bombings and 1,755 attempted murders,...

2005 Internet Crime Report, Internet Crime Complaint Center, April, 2006 . Excerpt:The IC3 report has outlined many of the current trends and...