Russian officials investigating the October 7 death of reporter Anna Politkovskaya are focusing their probe on former police officers who Politkovskaya linked to the killing and torture of Chechen civilians, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported Wednesday. According to...

Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley announced Wednesday that government officials have requested a probe into allegations that former Chile dictator Augusto Pinochet stashed approximately nine tons of gold in a Hong Kong...

An internal memo circulated in the Israeli State Prosecutor's Office has called for an immediate investigation into possible criminal actions taken by Prime Minister Ehmud Olmert involving bids on a controlling interest in a bank...

The Supreme Court of Ohio on Wednesday held that state charter or community schools are valid and the statute authorizing them is constitutional "on its face and as applied." Chapter 3314 of the Ohio...

Bosnia's ambassador to the United Nations wants the Swedish government to free Biljana Plavsic from the Hinseberg prison for women, where she has been serving an 11-year sentence as the only woman convicted of...

A Chinese court has sentenced a pro-democracy leader to three years in prison for criticizing the communist government in Internet posts, according to the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy Wednesday. Li Jianping participated...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday accused agents of the Burundi National Intelligence Service of widespread abuses since the new government came into power, including killings and torture . HRW contended in...

Atheist Michael Newdow , the man who sued to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance , will be able to proceed with a libel...

German intelligence agents personally witnessed the torture of detainees at a secret US prison in Europe two weeks after the Sept. 11 terror attacks , according to a German intelligence report leaked to Stern magazine. The leaked...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is currently reviewing proposed rule changes that would place further restrictions on attorney contact with detainees now held at Guantanamo Bay . The rules,...