UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke Monday proposed the banning of 15 global terror organizations, submitting a draft list to Parliament of groups to be prohibited under the Terrorism Act 2000 . Clarke cited "recent events in London...
The Council of Europe , Europe's top human rights organization, Monday called for the United States and Japan to set an example for other countries by abolishing capital punishment. COE Secretary General Terry Davis ...
In the latest reversal for African asylum seekers heading for Europe, the north African state of Morocco Monday began deporting potential immigrants, sending a plane carrying 140 West Africans off to Senegal. A second flight carrying another 140 Senegalese...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia commented Monday that the Supreme Court confirmation process was too politicized and that he would not want to experience it again. Scalia, when asked during an interview ...
Former head of Russia oil giant Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky was transferred Monday from the pre-trial detention facility where he was being held, reportedly to the prison where he will serve his 8-year sentence [JURIST...
The Kuwaiti ambassador to Washington announced Sunday that five of the 11 Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Bay would "soon" be released to the government of Kuwait and tried before a court in that country....
A request made by lawyers for Saddam Hussein to delay the October 19 start of his trial on charges stemming from a 1982 massacre at Dujail was rejected [AP...
Shiite and Kurdish officials held last-minute negotiations with Sunni Arab leaders Sunday in an attempt to win Sunni support of Iraq's proposed constitution . The document, which will be voted on in an October 15th referendum [IECI...
US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is likely to face intense questioning from both parties on her views on privacy rights and her qualifications for the job, Sen. Arlen Specter , chairman of...
Assembly Bill No. 450, California Legislature, February 15, 2005, signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, October 7, 2005 [banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors under the age of 17, and requiring retailers to label...