The Iraqi Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) on Monday ordered a manual recount of Baghdad province ballots cast in the March 7 parliamentary elections , following fraud allegations. The election commissioner for the IHEC informed...
US District Judge James Selna on Thursday ordered a May 13 pre-trial conference for the consolidated litigation against Toyota Motor Corporation surrounding the company's auto safety failures. The court found that, "ecause...
US district court judge James Robertson granted Congress additional time Thursday to approve a $3.4 billion settlement against the government in a class action lawsuit brought for its alleged mismanagement...
Australia confirmed Monday that it will accept three Cuban asylum seekers currently held at the Guantanamo Bay Migrations Operation Center. The center, utilized by the US military after the recent Haitian earthquake [JURIST news...
Pakistani lawmakers were weighing a constitutional bill Friday that would greatly limit the powers of President Asif Ali Zardari , reversing the expansion of presidential powers under former military leader Pervez Musharraf . If...
The German government is considering accepting detainees held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to interviews published this week by Der Spiegel magazine. German Chancellor Angela Merkel , Interior Minister Thomas...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that Internet auction house eBay is not required to actively monitor its website for the sale of counterfeit goods. The decision comes...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Thursday sentenced a computer hacker to 20 years in prison for his role in the one of the largest identity theft...
A Rwandan opposition politician pleaded guilty Thursday to charges connected to the 1994 genocide and was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Joseph Ntawangundi, an aid to Hutu opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, was convicted in absentia...
Kazakhstan's government is failing to curb torture by law enforcement officers, according a report released Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report, which tracks Kazakhstan's progress in the area of human rights from...