A criminal network may have been responsible for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) said Friday. In a press briefing on its latest report , the IIIC said that this network continued to operate after the assassination and may be involved with other [...]
Executive Order 08-01: Illegal Immigration Control Order, Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri, March 27, 2008 . Read the full text of the executive order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned a film made by far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders that criticizes the Koran, calling it "offensively anti-Islamic." In a statement , Ban said: I condemn, in the strongest terms, the airing of Geert Wilders' offensively anti-Islamic film. There is no justification for hate speech or incitement to violence. [...]
Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila pleaded not guilty Friday to 19 counts of conspiracy, false statements, wire fraud, federal program fraud and tax crimes related to campaign financing, and other crimes. The charges stem from alleged violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act during Vila's 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 campaigns to become Puerto Rico's Resident [...]
US military prosecutors Friday dropped all charges against a US Marine charged in connection with the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November 2005. Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum had been charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and aggravated assault, but a US Marine Corps statement said the charges were dropped "in order [...]
Over 100 protesters rallied near a United Nations facility in Kathmandu on Friday, demonstrating against China's recent crackdown on pro-Tibet protests . Nepalese police arrested around 60 protesters, while about 20 others, reportedly Tibetan high school students, scaled the walls of the compound and peacefully demonstrated inside. Police asked for the group inside the compound [...]
Chad's Higher Judicial Council on Friday recommended that Chadian President Idriss Deby pardon six French aid workers convicted in Chad in December of attempting to kidnap 103 African children. Deby said earlier this month that he may pardon the aid workers within weeks , but that he was waiting for an official request from France. [...]
Five former US secretaries of state Thursday called for the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay at a conference held at the University of Georgia School of Law to discuss foreign policy issues. Colin Powell, Madeline Albright, Henry Kissinger, Warren Christopher, and James Baker III also agreed that the next president "should be [...]
The Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled Thursday that bail is not a constitutional right, but also found that holding a person in police custody for more than 48 hours without charge is a violation of human rights. The finding overturns sections of several Ugandan laws, including the Trial and Indictment Act, the Uganda People's Defence [...]
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri signed an executive order Thursday that will require state agencies and companies to verify the legal status of their employees when they do business with the state, and will allow state police, prison and parole officials more flexibility in finding and deporting illegal immigrants. During a news conference, Carcieri argued [...]
