Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Sunday was taken to a Taipei hospital for treatment of dehydration resulting from a hunger strike he had staged to protest his detention in jail for corruption. While there are no official charges against Chen, the former leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was arrested Tuesday and questioned [...]
The Iraqi cabinet voted Sunday in an emergency session to approve a final draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the US and Iraq. The SOFA, which determines the relationship between Iraqi, American and Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF-I) forces in the country, requires US and MNF-I forces to exit Iraqi cities by June [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that tribal sovereign immunity applies to lawsuits brought in federal court dealing with the profit-making businesses of Indian tribes. In Cook v. Avi Casino Enterprises, Christopher Cook filed suit against Avi Casino Enterprises (ACE), a tribal corporation, and its employees after he was [...]
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Sunday that settlers in a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron have three days to evacuate or else face eviction. The four-story home, called the House of Peace (Beit HaShalom) by Jewish settlers, was originally occupied by a group of 150 in March 2007. The settlers had [...]
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday at a meeting of states party to the ICC treaty that he would seek arrest warrants for the leaders of rebel groups in Sudan's Darfur region . The arrest warrants sought by Moreno-Ocampo relate to a September 2007 attack by anti-government rebels in [...]
A closed court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced three top pro-democracy leaders to 65 years in prison, relatives of the leaders told AFP Saturday. Activists Min Ko Naing , Ko Ko Gyu, and Ktay Kywe were all sentenced along with other members of the 88 Generation Students arrested for their participation in anti-junta protests last [...]
A Kentucky jury Friday ordered three members of the Imperial Klans of America (IKA), including "Imperial Wizard" Ron Edwards, to pay $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages for a racially motivated attack against Jordan Gruver, a 16-year-old boy of Panamanian descent, during an alleged Klan recruitment event at a County [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in five cases Friday. In Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company the Court will consider whether a decision by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Brent Benjamin not to recuse himself from hearing a case against a financial contributor to his campaign violated the Due Process rights of [...]
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday asked to be joined as amicus curiae to an appeal by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) challenging the dismissal of all fraud and corruption charges against Jacob Zuma , head of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) . The South African Constitutional Court refused Wednesday to hear [...]
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez on Friday vetoed legislation that would have partially decriminalized abortion in the country. The bill was passed by Uruguay's Senate on Tuesday, after the House of Representatives approved it last week. Under the draft legislation, a mother would have been able to terminate her pregnancy during the first 12 weeks to [...]
