The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) and the Connecticut Bar Association have filed a lawsuit arguing that the new federal bankruptcy law enacted in October 2005, unlawfully impedes the...

UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron on Friday demanded a repeal or revision of the 1998 Human Rights Act following a High Court decision to allow nine Afghani airplane hijackers to remain in the...

South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk was indicted Friday on charges of fraud, embezzling research funds and breaching bioethics laws. Hwang announced in 2005 that his research team had created patient-specific stem cell lines along with...

As expected , corruption charges against former Indonesian dictator General Suharto were dropped Friday after a court determined last month that Suharto was unfit to stand trial . Suharto was ousted from power after 32...

A recent report from the UN Mission in DR Congo finds that despite a decrease in large-scale human rights abuses at the hands of the military in the Congo , individual...

Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky has been charged with criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination as part of an ongoing investigation into the governor's hiring practices . In a press release responding to the...

Faced with chronic security problems along the US border with Mexico, the Pentagon is exploring options in which the military can be utilized to alleviate some of the burden on US border patrol agents who are stretched too thin....

Leading Friday's international brief, five individuals who served as the political cabinet for King Gyanendra after he dissolved the lawfully elected government in February 2005 have been arrested on charges of "making statements aimed at...

Protests continue in Egypt over two judges facing disciplinary hearings at Egypt's highest court for their criticism of parliamentary elections last year, which they and eight other judges claimed were marred by fraud. Judges Hisham...

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officials said on Friday that the US has once again refused to grant the watchdog access to terror detainees held in covert prisons following discussions between ICRC President...