A suspected Bosnian Serb war criminal was captured by European Union EUFOR peacekeeping troops on Thursday in a firefight at the suspect's home. Dragomir Abazovic and his 12-year-old son were shot and injured , while his...
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Bosnian war crimes suspect captured by EU troops
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Levin disputes Bush administration move to dismiss Guantanamo cases
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US may refer Iran to UN Security Council, Rice says
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UK judge approves extradition of British terror suspect to the US
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UN rights chief calls for respect for international law in Nepal
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Bush assertions on right to waive torture ban slammed by top Republicans
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Lay, Skilling request change of venue in Enron trial
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Palestinian election supervisors resign over interference, lack of transparency
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Key Democrat says limited NSA surveillance briefings violated law
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UNHCR, rights groups urge Egypt not to deport Sudan refugees
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US Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-MI) has said that the Bush administration cannot use recent legislation in an attempt to dismiss already filed habeas corpus petitions of Guantanamo Bay detainees . The 2006...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a warning on Thursday that the US is considering referring Iran to the UN Security Council if it continues its plans to resume nuclear fuel...
A British judge on Thursday said that Haroon Rashid Aswat , a British citizen wanted in the US on suspicion of setting up a terrorist training camp, could be extradited to the United States. Aswat was arrested in...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Thursday called for the full respect for international humanitarian and human rights law in the ongoing conflict in Nepal . Last...
Three leading Republican senators, John W. Warner (R-VA) , John McCain (R-AZ) , and Lindsey O. Graham (R-SC) , on Wednesday condemned President Bush's statement that he can bypass the newly-passed ban on torture...
Lawyers for former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay and ex-CEO Jeffrey Skilling on Wednesday afternoon filed a motion to move the location of the trial, where both defendants face charges of conspiracy and...
The Palestinian Election Commission (CEC) , an independent commission that supervises elections in the Palestinian Authority , resigned Thursday in protest of the government's decision to allow 60,000 security forces to cast votes in...
US Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) , the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee , told President Bush in a letter Wednesday that the White House violated the National Security Act when it withheld information pertaining...
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday appealed to Egyptian authorities in an attempt to prevent the deportation of 654 Sudanese refugees whom Cairo authorities say are in the country illegally. Also Wednesday, US-based rights...
