Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday granted amnesty to both former president Manuel Zelaya and military leaders accused of participation in a June 2009 coup against Zelaya. Making the decree during his inaugural address , Lobo said that it would allow the country to move past the conflict. He also said that he would appoint [...]
Two Iranians were executed Thursday and nine others have been sentenced to death for their roles in last summer's post-election protests , according to the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) . The two executed men, identified as Momammed Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour, were convicted on charges of mohareb, or being enemies of [...]
Apple could face legal problems in registering a trademark for its new iPad tablet computer product announced on Wednesday. Since 2003, the computing company Fujitsu has been attempting to register the "IPAD" mark in the US for a wireless retail computing device. Apple, however recently filed for an extension to allow itself sufficient time to [...]
A French court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Dominique de Villepin of all charges for his role in an alleged plot to defame several businessmen, including current President Nicolas Sarkozy . Prosecutors claimed de Villepin failed to stop the circulation of false documents , alleging Sarkozy profited from illegal arms deals when the two [...]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Wednesday for strong banking regulations to restore the "moral dimensions" of capitalism. Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Sarkozy called the current financial malaise a "crisis of globalization." He promised to target trade imbalances between the East and West and called for a new currency [...]
Russian racial hate crimes decreased slightly in 2009 because of increased police efforts, according to the SOVA Center on Wednesday. According to the group, 71 people were killed and 333 wounded in racially motivated attacks in 2009, down from 110 killed and 487 wounded in 2008. Deputy head of SOVA Galina Kozhevnikova credited the first [...]
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday cited costs and potential disruptions to the lives of New Yorkers in urging the federal government not to try alleged 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other high-profile terror suspects in New York City. Bloomberg said a military base may be a more appropriate venue for the [...]
JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England Law | Boston say that despite his campaign promises, it seems that President Obama has made the political calculation that anything other than the indefinite detention of 49 current Guantanamo detainees is simply not worth the political risk…. Last week, a presidential task force [...]
US citizen David Headley pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 12 charges related to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and an alleged conspiracy against the Danish creator and publishers of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The government has accused Headley of conducting surveillance for terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Mumbai to prepare for the 2008 [...]
A US immigration judge granted asylum to a German family on Tuesday, ruling that Germany's laws against homeschooling gave the family a well-founded fear of persecution. The Romeike family fled Germany in 2008, two years after pulling their children out of German public school so that they could be homeschooled, and one year after a [...]
