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Court takes up question of arrestee DNA sampling
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let ...
As atrocities pile up, Syrians collect evidence
Syrian activist Yashar hopes the security agents who tormented him during five months of detention will one day be put on trial. In detention, he ...
Shiite militant threatens Iranian exiles in Iraq
The head of a new Shiite militant group in Iraq on Tuesday threatened to carry out more attacks on a camp for Iranian exiles that was struck by dozens ...
Amsterdam to raise legal age for prostitutes
Amsterdam plans to raise the minimum age for prostitutes from 18 to 21 and force brothels to close during early morning hours. At a press conference ...
Court won't allow challenge to surveillance law
A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor ...
Prosecutors do not object to Kenya trial delays
The trials of four prominent Kenyans charged with orchestrating deadly postelection violence in 2007 and 2008 could be delayed until next summer.
Small steps forward sought in Iran nuclear talks
Seeking even a small step forward in a yearslong dispute, negotiators from Iran and six world powers mulled options Tuesday for preserving Tehran's ...
Clinton: Nigerian poverty fuels religious violence
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that Nigeria must do more to alleviate the extreme poverty across the nation's predominantly Muslim ...
Zimbabwe PM's party reports increase in violence
The party of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Tuesday that violence against its supporters is increasing as political tensions rise ...
Bystander killed in southern Yemen clashes
Security and health officials say a bystander has been shot dead in clashes in southern Yemen between protesters and the military. Officials say the ...
Tunisia: 4 in custody for politician's slaying
Four suspects belonging to a radical Islamic group have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a leftist politician that plunged ...
Top Hungarian court overturns disputed church law
Hungary's top court issued a ruling on Tuesday on the procedure the country should follow to decide which religions to officially recognize. But the ...
Ethiopian leader very present 6 months after death
Ethiopia's long-ruling leader died half a year ago, but it seems Meles Zenawi still holds on to power. In the capital, his face looks down from ...
South Africa: Buffalo and donkey in beef products
Worried about horse meat in your beef? Try water buffalo, donkey and goat. South African food scientists said they have found all three in mislabeled ...
US urges Egypt opposition to take part in election
The State Department wants Egypt's opposition to reverse its declared boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections. Spokesman Edgar Vasquez says the U.
Bahrain court clears 2 police in protester death
A defense lawyer in Bahrain says a court has acquitted two policemen charged in the shooting death of a protester at the beginning of the 2-year-old ...
Kenya: Official who oversaw 2007 chaotic poll dies
Kenya's former electoral chief who oversaw a flawed electoral process in 2007 has died following a battle with cancer. A family spokesman, John ...
Strauss-Kahn: Leave me and my love life in peace
Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he's sick of people trying to exploit his private life to make money. The former International Monetary Fund chief filed ...
Ally of Iran president accused in protester deaths
Iran's state TV says prosecutors have accused a close ally of the Iranian president of involvement in the deaths of detainees during unrest after ...
Group: Syrian missiles kill at least 141 in Aleppo
At least 141 people, half of them children, were killed when the Syrian military fired at least four missiles into the northern province of Aleppo ...
Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest
Two Tibetan monks in their early 20s set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule near dozens of pilgrims who had gathered for prayers to ...
Dutch court: Jews must also carry ID cards
A Dutch appeals court has upheld a €60 ($90) fine against an Orthodox Jew who refused to show police an identity card, citing religious reasons.
Amnesty criticizes Ivory Coast for biased justice
Ivory Coast's government is subjecting supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo to biased legal proceedings, ill-treatment and torture, while ...
Rights group: Tamil suspects raped by government
An international human rights group alleges Sri Lankan security forces continue to use torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence against ...
Close encounters with the popes over 3 decades
The Middle East Airlines jetliner had barely taken off from Beirut when I was escorted down the aisle to the first-class section and seated beside ...