Dennis Edney, a Canadian civilian lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr , said Friday that his client would not work out a plea deal with the US military because...
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Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Friday announced plans to hold a national referendum to decide whether the country's president will be elected by popular vote instead of by parliament. Prime Minister...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled Friday that there was insufficient evidence to support charges of rebellion against six leftist congressional representatives alleged to have plotted a coup to oust President Gloria...
President George W. Bush strongly condemned the Iran's detention of four Iran-Americans Friday, saying in a statement that "they should be freed immediately and unconditionally." Bush named Dr. Haleh Esfandiari , Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh ,...
The government of Pakistan Friday instituted a two-month ban on unauthorized rallies of more than five people in the capital city of Islamabad. The move came only one day before a planned march from...
Ethiopian special prosecutor Joseph Kiros told Reuters Friday that the Ethiopian government will seek to raise the sentence of convicted former dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam from a life in prison to the death penalty...
Approximately a thousand demonstrators gathered in Bangkok Thursday to protest a Wednesday order by the Constitutional Court of Thailand banning former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra and 110 other Thai Rak Thai...
China's new "Enterprise Bankruptcy" law came into effect Friday, officially introducing broad sweeping regulations governing the resolution of outstanding business debts for the first time in China , which is gradually amending its laws to address the...
Jack Kevorkian , a former doctor convicted of second degree murder for assisting the suicide of a patient with Lou Gehrig's disease, was released from prison in Michigan Friday after serving 8 years. Kevorkian, who will remain on...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Friday confirmed the transfer to The Hague of newly arrested Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir . Tolimir, a former...
