Australian to appeal conviction for receiving al Qaeda funds
An Australian man plans to appeal his conviction for receiving money and a plane ticket from an Osama bin Laden associate, his lawyer said Monday. Joseph Terrence Thomas was found guilty by a jury...
Philippine police charge 16 with attempting to overthrow government
Police in the Philippines Monday charged 16 people with rebellion for allegedly planning to oust Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , according to the head of the police legal department. The coup plot involved...
International brief ~ EU to seek funding for Palestinians despite terror ban
Leading Monday's international brief, despite the status of Hamas as a listed terrorist entity, the European Union has announced plans at a foreign ministers' meeting Monday to attempt to work around a legal ban that prohibits European...
Arroyo opponents arrested, newspaper raided in Philippines crackdown
Police in Manila Saturday raided the offices of the Manila Daily Tribune and detained several high-profile critics of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines a day after she declared a...
International brief ~ South Korea to create national DNA database of sex offenders
Leading Friday's international brief, South Korea has announced plans to create a national database containing the genetic profiles of individuals convicted of criminal sexual offenses and a national registry accessible by the public that would list names and addresses...
A military jury acquitted US Army Sgt. Alan J. Driver Thursday on charges of prisoner abuse at Bagram Control Point in Afghanistan . Driver was the last of 11...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Holmes v. South Carolina , a case in which it will decide whether state courts can preclude defendants from presenting...
Trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday in El Paso, TX for Sgt. Alan J. Driver, a reservist accused of abusing prisoners at Bagram Control Point in Afghanistan . He is the...
International brief ~ Israeli rights group files suit against Iranian president
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Israeli attorney Eran Shahar, representing Civil Coalition (CC), a civil rights group, has filed a lawsuit against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the German Constitutional Court on charges of incitement and denying the...
International brief ~ Sudan rejects UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Sudan has issued a formal protest to the UN Envoy to Sudan Jan Pronk over his lobbying for a UN peacekeeping force in the Darfur region , and has rejected the growing call...
