The Austin American-Statesman is reporting that embattled GOP Congressman Tom DeLay, indicted last week on criminal conspiracy charges in connection with improper campaign contributions and forced to temporarily step down as House Majority Leader, has now been indicted for money laundering and criminal conspiracy by a second Texas grand jury. The Austin American-Statesman has more. [...]

Former Alabama chief justice Roy Moore has announced that he will run for governor of Alabama in 2006, seeking the Republican nomination against incumbent Governor Bob Riley . Moore gained national notoriety in 2004 when he was removed from the bench after refusing to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the rotunda of [...]

A declassified intergovernmental report obtained by the British newspaper The Independent says that Britain has one of the poorest human rights records in Europe, and that the UK is under investigation for non-compliance with European rights standards. The report, issued by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe , reveals that Britain is [...]

The European Court of Human Rights has granted the request of the British government to challenge Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights , widely interpreted as preventing countries from deporting terror suspects to nations with poor human rights records. The court will allow the government to join the pending deportation challenge case [...]

In an effort to expand the nation's genetic database, US lawmakers are considering new legislation that would add DNA from thousands of suspected illegal immigrants, terror suspects and others who have been arrested, but not convicted, of federal crimes. The measure has already passed the US House of Representatives and the Senate is expected to [...]

New York state appeals judge Angela Mazzarelli Monday denied a bail request by two former Tyco International executives, a decision that will keep the men in jail during their appeal process. Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski and CFO Kark Schwartz were convicted of grand larceny last month and sentenced to 8-1/3 to 25 years in [...]

UN chief war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said Monday that Croatia is now fully cooperating with war crimes investigations by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , a key turnaround expected to help restart stalled EU membership negotiations . Zagreb's failure to hand over top war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina led to [...]

The Iraqi Special Tribunal Monday officially confirmed that ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will go on trial on October 19 for the 1982 killings of 143 Shiite Muslims in the village of Dujail , confirming a date announced by the government a month ago. In a statement, the tribunal said Saddam and six associates, including [...]

Following President Bush's nomination Monday morning of Harriet Miers to the US Supreme Court, Senators and various conservative and liberal interest groups are weighing in on the selection. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) has welcomed the nomination , saying "With this selection, the president has chosen another outstanding nominee to sit on our nation's [...]

The Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) warned Monday of the possibility for new political crackdowns by the royalist government of Nepal against critics of King Gyanendra . The ICJ, issuing a statement at the end of a four-day visit to Nepal for talks with government officials and civil society groups, expressed "deep concern that [...]