Mexican authorities on Thursday detained former Assistant Attorney General Noe Ramirez, one-time head of Mexico's anti-drug operation in the Assistant Attorney Generals Office Specializing in Organized Crime (SIEDO) , accusing him of receiving monthly payments of $450,000 from...
The Uruguayan Parliament on Thursday failed to override the presidential veto of a bill that would have decriminalized abortion. In the special meeting of the General Assembly, Uruguayan representatives and senators failed to achieve the requisite three-fifths...
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may have withheld information from the US Department of Justice and other agencies regarding a plane carrying a US missionary family shot down over Peru in 2001, according to excerpts ...
Sweden's parliament on Thursday approved the European Union (EU) reform charter known as the Treaty of Lisbon by a wide margin. There were 243 votes for, 39 against, and 67...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday affirmed a district court decision that individuals cannot sue school districts to seek specific enforcement for provisions listed in the No Child Left Behind...
The California Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the residency requirements associated with Proposition 83 amount to additional punishment for sex offenders . Proposition 83, or Jessica's Law,...
President of the Global Justice Center Janet Benshoof said Thursday that judges who participated in the trials and convictions of 60 political activists in Myanmar last week are...
Private security contractors operating in Iraq will no longer be able to claim immunity from Iraqi laws under the new Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Iraqi government, Bush administration officials said...
Russia's State Duma Friday approved amendments to the Russian Constitution that would extend presidential terms from four to six years and terms for Duma members ...
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed Thursday evening during a speech to the Federalist Society . Mukasey was rushed to George Washington University Hospital , where he remained Friday morning [New York...