US District Court Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. Wednesday refused to order an inquiry into the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects . In denying the motion brought by lawyers for a number of Guantanamo Bay detainees, Kennedy concluded that there was no evidence that the Bush administration violated a June [...]
A lawyer for two UK residents formerly held by the US at the Guantanamo Bay prison argued in a British court Wednesday that they should not be extradited to Spain to face terror charges. Jamil el-Banna and Omar Deghayes face transfer to that country after crusading Spanish anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzón requested that the two [...]
An aid worker was charged in a French court Wednesday with conspiring to allow illegal residents into the country in connection with an aborted airlift of 103 supposed Darfur orphans from Chad to France last year. The indictment comes just two weeks after Alain Peligat and five other workers with French charity Zoe's Ark were [...]
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 [...]
