A Thai court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for 13 leaders of anti-government protests, including former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra . The warrants were issued a day after Shinawatra called for the overthrow of the Thai government by United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship protesters, who have since ended their protests . Current Prime Minister [...]
Ayami Toda : "The Tokyo District Court rejected the teachers' demands simply on the ground that as public officers, they should obey the order which was given regarding their official duties, even while it said that to order all the teachers, without exception, to sing "Kimigayo" (which means "His Majesty's Reign") while standing and facing [...]
Members of Fiji's Law Society on Tuesday called for deposed judges to remain in office and resist the current military regime's attempts to oust them. Judiciary confusion and political upheaval have continued in Fiji as lawyers refused to accept the dismantling of the government by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo . Working with prime minister and [...]
A spokesperson for the Iranian Judiciary announced Tuesday that an imprisoned US journalist was tried on espionage charges Monday. The Revolutionary Court of Iran conducted the trial of Roxana Saberi , accused of passing classified information to US intelligence agencies, in proceedings closed to the public . Saberi was arrested last month after buying a [...]
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari signed legislation Monday that would establish Islamic Sharia law in the volatile North West Frontier Province (NWFP) area of Swat, sending the bill to the Pakistani parliament for approval. The Pakistani government and Islamic militants linked to the Taliban reached an agreement in February on the deal, which is contingent [...]
A three-judge panel for the Minnesota State Court for the Second District on Monday declared Al Franken the winner of the state's 2008 US Senate race over opponent Norm Coleman . Both candidates had brought claims before the court over absentee ballots in their favor that they said were legally cast but wrongfully rejected. The court held that [...]
Chief prosecutor of the Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said Monday that Serbia would ask the US for the extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal Peter Egner after his US citizenship is revoked. Peter Egner, 86, has admitted to serving in the Nazi-run Security Police and Security Service, a unit which [...]
US President Barack Obama has ordered the lifting of travel restrictions and restrictions on money transfers between Cuban-Americans and their families in Cuba. Obama also ordered that US telecommunications companies be allowed to work within Cuba to facilitate communication between families split between the two countries. The plan was put forward as not only necessary for [...]
US Army Sgt. John Hatley entered a plea of not guilty to murder charges at his court-martial on Monday for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007. Hatley, along with Sgt. Michael Leahy, Jr. and Sgt. 1st Class John Mayo, was charged in September with premeditated murder, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice. Hatley [...]
Iraqi military spokesperson Major General Qassim Atta said Monday that he is seeking the closure of the Bagdad offices of newspaper Al-Hayat and television network Al-Sharquiya after the two media outlets allegedly misquoted him in a story reported last week. Atta said he has sued the the two services for incorrectly reporting that he had [...]
