Guatemala's Constitutional Court Friday ordered charges dropped against soldiers accused of participating in a 1982 massacre of more than 300 civilians, citing the countrys's National Reconciliation Law . The law is a type of amnesty the...
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Charge dropped against UK soldier accused of abusing Iraqi detainees
British prosecutors Thursday dropped the remaining charge against Lance Cpl. Darren Larkin, one of three UK soldiers on trial for charges of abusing Iraqi captives. Prosecutors said they could not prove that Larkin was the soldier who...
Senate debates Gonzales AG nomination as rights group urges vote delay
The full US Senate Tuesday began debate on the nomination of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales for attorney general, with a vote expected to be held Thursday. Gonzales' nomination was narrowly approved...
High-profile New York-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch has broken from its practice of not directly endorsing or opposing Cabinet nomineees to issue a formal statement opposing the nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales ...
The first divorce in Chilean history took place Thursday as the country's new marital code went into effect, replacing the code that had been in force since 1884. Until the passage of law No. 19947, Chile was one of...
