The Public Interest Declassification Board Wednesday pressed President George W. Bush for improvements to the existing US records declassification scheme in an era of increased government secrecy . In a new report , the group recommended establishing a National Declassification Program under the National Archivist, promulgating a system for identifying historically significant information, and setting [...]
Pakistani security forces have unfairly targeted members of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) , the party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , in an effort to prevent them from participating next month in the country's postponed elections , PPP officials said Wednesday. Government officials denied allegations that any arrests were made based on [...]
A military judge at Camp Pendleton Wednesday set a trial date of February 25 for the court-martial of US Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich who faces charges of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, dereliction of duty and obstruction of justice in connection to the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians at Haditha in November 2005. [...]
The European Commission Wednesday dropped its antitrust case against Apple's iTunes after Apple announced it would equalize prices for music downloads from iTunes in Europe. A UK consumer protection organization had filed a formal complaint with the Commission, which launched an investigation in April 2007 into whether sales restrictions based on the buyer's country of [...]
US District Court Judge Paul Huck denied a request Wednesday by former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to block his extradition to France. The latest ruling follows the decision by US District Court Judge William Hoeveler in September 2007 to reject arguments by Noriega's lawyers that his extradition to France would violate his prisoner of war [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board , 07-21, and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita , where the Court considered the constitutionality of Indiana's controversial voter identification statute which requires voters to present photo identification as a prerequisite to voting. Supporters of the [...]
Taiwanese prosecutors filed an appeal Wednesday to a decision by the Taiwan High Court last month upholding the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges. Prosecutors hope that the Taiwan Supreme Court will clarify the legality of the Taiwanese system that allows high-ranking public officials access to special funds. Ma was acquitted [...]
A federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas has ruled that journalists and the public do not have the right to view every part of the execution process under the First Amendment. Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled Monday that, unlike court proceedings, public access to executions is not needed [...]
A Hong Kong court ruled Tuesday that the Chinese special administrative region's Telecommunications Ordinance was unconstitutional because it violates the freedom of expression guaranteed by Hong Kong's Basic Law and Bill of Rights by giving the government too much authority in deciding who will receive broadcasting licenses. The ruling involved local station Citizens' Radio , [...]
The US Army said Tuesday that Army Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales will be court-martialed on charges of premeditated murder for his alleged role in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk . Corrales was charged in July with the premeditated murder of an unspecified "Iraqi national" on [...]
