Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada received a presidential pardon Thursday from his former vice president and now President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo . Estrada will be released from jail after having served six and a half years on...
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The People v. John Taylor, New York Court of Appeals, October 23, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...
Terrorist Watch List Screening: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Management Oversight, Reduce Vulnerabilities in Agency Screening Processes, and Expand Use of the List (GAO), October 11, 2007 [finding that the watch list has helped to combat terrorism but needs to be...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in testimony on US Middle East policy Wednesday that House members should discontinue an effort to pass a resolution condemning the World War-I era mass...
US State Department security chief Richard Griffin submitted his resignation Wednesday under pressure following September's Blackwater USA shooting of 17 Iraqis, according to AP citing unnamed officials. Griffin is assistant secretary of state...
Argentinean federal judge Claudio Bonadio Tuesday charged former president Fernando de la Rua with five counts of manslaughter for failing to prevent the deaths of five demonstrators during 2001 confrontations with police in Buenos Aires. The deaths...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified Wednesday in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the rendition of Canadian citizen Maher Arar was not "handled...
The US District Court for the District of Alaska Tuesday ordered ConocoPhillips subsidiary Polar Tankers, Inc. to pay $2.5 million in fines after it pleaded guilty to covering up a 2004 oil spill. In January...
The US Senate Wednesday confirmed embattled Mississippi Court of Appeals Justice Leslie H. Southwick to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by a vote of 59-38 , despite broad criticism of...
Protesters in 12 cities around the world demonstrated against the Myanmar junta Wednesday to commemorate 12 years of detention for Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi . The protests coincided with an...
