Dutch prosecutors Monday began to present their case against two former leaders of the Afghanistan secret police, charging Hesamuddin Hesam and Habibullah Jalalzoy with a litany of war crimes. Both men were officers in the...

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention reported Monday that pre-trial detention conditions in South Africa "fall short of international guarantees." The report comes after a two-week trip in which group members interviewed detainees in...

Members of the European Parliament are busy trying to correct the problems faced by the now rejected European constitution . A core group of MEPs have been charged with preparing a proposal to address and recommend corrections...

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Christopher Cox , chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission , plans to put into operation a rule that would allow the government to take a stronger role as...

Trials commenced Monday at the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for four former Rwandan officials, including two government ministers suspected of taking part in the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people....

Authorities in Los Angeles said Monday that two people have been charged with fraud in the first federal case involving alleged fraudulent donation solicitations related to Hurricane Katrina relief. Tino Lee, 44, of Burbank and Gina...

A hearing in the appeal of imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky over his tax fraud conviction was delayed Monday due to confusion over who would lead his defense. The court hearing the appeal announced...

Wire services are reporting that two former Tyco executives have been sentenced to between 8 1/3 and 25 years in prison after having been found guilty of securities fraud, grand larceny and conspiracy earlier...

The Iraqi government on Monday announced that a nephew of Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to life in prison for providing funding to the insurgency in the country. The verdict was the first against a member...

Building Confidence in US Elections, Commission on Federal Election Reform, September 19, 2005 [final report of the 21-member bipartisan panel chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker, making 87 recommendations for changes to the...