The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that the educational separation of Roma children in the Czech Republic violates principles of human rights. By a vote of 13-4, the court held that the separation amounts to...
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The US Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility has reopened an investigation into the administration's domestic surveillance program after recently being granted the necessary security clearances previously denied to DOJ investigators, OPR chief...
The government of Pakistan said Monday that a Tuesday protest march planned by former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto violates the declaration of emergency announced by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and...
The crew of the Cosco Busan, which leaked some 58,000 gallons of fuel oil into the San Fransisco Bay after colliding with a bridge last week, is being held for questioning by federal investigators as a criminal...
Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in Western media as "Chemical Ali," will not be transferred to Iraqi custody for execution until a legal debate on the executions is resolved, the US embassy in Iraq...
Four Chadian nationals face criminal charges over their alleged involvement in an attempt to airlift 103 children from Chad for the French charity Zoe's Ark . The four defendants - the...
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's Saturday declaration of emergency rule is likely to end in two to three weeks, ruling Pakistan Muslim League party president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told Pakistan's English newspaper Dawn Tuesday. Hussain said that Musharraf...
UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari will meet with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, Gambari told diplomats during a one-hour briefing Wednesday. Gambari had originally proposed a meeting with both...
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan headed to federal prison Wednesday morning to serve a 6 1/2-year sentence on corruption charges after the US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Ryan's request to remain...
The trial of Serb nationalist leader and war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj began Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia . The prosecution in its opening statement told the...
