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A fugitive accused of beating two teenagers on evangelist Tony Alamo's orders must pay $3 million in restitution, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a series of lawsuits filed by alleged Iraqi victims of the contractor once known as Blackwater USA, but is allowing the plaintiffs to refile their claims.
A human rights group on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka to release hundreds of thousands of war refugees from camps hit by flooding over the weekend saying their lives were in danger from disease.
Sri Lanka's government should be forced to rectify serious human rights abuses before it receives an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund, a human rights group said Thursday.
Sri Lanka's president urged the military on Wednesday to win over the Tamil people and to ensure they live without "fear or suspicion" in the wake of the army's victory over Tamil separatist rebels.
Key facts about Sri Lanka, where the government and Tamil Tiger separatists fought for 25 years:
Sri Lanka announced Monday it would hold elections for two key town councils in the war-torn north, a week after government forces crushed the separatist Tamil Tigers who ran a de facto state across the region.
Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the final resistance of the Tamil Tigers, killing rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and ending his three decade quest for an independent homeland for minority Tamils.
Two days of shelling across Sri Lanka's northern war zone killed at least 430 ethnic Tamil civilians — and likely as many as 1,000 — a government doctor in the area said Monday. The United Nations branded the attacks a "bloodbath."
Sri Lanka's government said Sunday it is considering an amnesty for Tamil Tiger rebels who surrender — although not for leaders of the insurgency, which is facing defeat after 25 years of civil war.
Under intense international pressure to prevent further civilian deaths, the Sri Lankan government said Monday it would immediately stop airstrikes and artillery attacks in its war against the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Sri Lankan troops rescued 5,000 civilians from the small sliver of territory in the war-ravaged north on Monday, the military said.
Sri Lanka's army suspended offenses Monday against the Tamil rebels for two days and advised civilians trapped by the fighting to use the pause to move out of the war zone, the military said.
The Sri Lanka military vowed Monday to quickly wipe out the Tamil Tigers after the rebels suffered at least 453 dead and were pushed into a small "no-fire" zone crowded with tens of thousands of civilians.
More than 2,100 civilians fled in one day from Sri Lanka's northern war zone where the military is squeezing the Tamil Tiger rebels into a smaller area as it pushes to end 25 years of civil war, the military said Friday.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference hopes to mobilize 50,000 people in the Mississippi Delta this summer in a campaign to draw attention to the poverty of a region where some Americans still live in homes with dirt floors and brown water flows from their faucets.
A senior Tamil Tiger rebel leader was killed Wednesday in a government attack on the insurgents' shrinking territory, the Sri Lankan military said.
Human Rights Watch called on the Sri Lankan government and ethnic Tamil rebels Thursday to allow thousands of families to flee the northern war zone. A local doctor said scores of civilians were killed and hundreds wounded in two days of shelling.
Conditions in Sri Lanka's overcrowded war zone have rapidly deteriorated as stranded families packed fields filled with human waste, water supplies dwindled and a makeshift hospital ran out of essential medicines, the top health official in the region said Wednesday.
Government artillery attacks and air raids in Sri Lanka's northern war zone killed at least 38 civilians Wednesday and wounded 140, the area's top health official said. India offered to help evacuate tens of thousands of noncombatants trapped by the fighting.
Starving and trapped by fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels, scores of civilians tried to flee villages in the northeastern war zone. But as they ran, the rebels opened fire, according to survivors' accounts.
Sri Lanka's prime minister said Thursday government forces will not suspend an offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels, rejecting calls for a cease-fire by donor countries concerned by reports of growing civilian casualties.
Dozens of U.N. workers and their relatives spent a terrifying night huddling in hastily built bunkers as artillery fire pounded a civilian "safe zone" in Sri Lanka's war-wracked north, according to an internal U.N. memo.
Sri Lanka's military declared a "safety zone" Wednesday to enable some 250,000 trapped civilians to cross into government-controlled territory from the diminishing area held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the war-torn north.
Sri Lankan government forces seized a final strip of Tamil Tiger rebel-held land in the north Wednesday, securing control of the symbolic heart of the 25-year separatist insurgency, the military said.
After two-and-a-half years of exhaustive investigation into more than 100 civil rights-era cold cases, the FBI has announced the next phase of our Cold Case Initiative: we're looking for the next-of-kin in 33 cases to let families know what happened to their loved ones and to p …
Texas marriages in legal limbo due to 2005 error, Democrat saysThe 2005 Texas constitutional amendment banning gay marriage included the language, "This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
This is an answer/comment/statement that was originally written in the context of the news vine article, "Is What the Religious Feel Hate", Thus its overarching sense is towards the authors LDS afiliation, the context it was written for.
Is there any particular time during difficulties that "Eureka moments" occur? Is it time for logic to win the moment? What would Americans have done if peoples of Arabic/Middle eastern persuasion had come to America to help US with our Civil War? Maybe a more current example woul …
I just got finished watching "Milk" for the first time (I hate going to movie theaters and always wait to see films on cable) and it seems to me that the entire thrust of the film and the idea of gay rights fits in with what I think, that gay rights are both human and civil righ …
National Christmas tree will display religious ornaments (OneNewsNow.com)The National Forest Service has reversed its policy banning religious oriented decorations on the White House Christmas tree. The ADF - Allied Defense Fund - used the first amendment to get the Forest Service to change its mind.
Supreme Court declines Pledge of Allegiance case | csmonitor.comA Florida high-schooler refused to stand and repeat The Pledge of Alligiance, sparking a legal fight. An appeals court panel did not rule his way, and now the Supreme Court will not get involved either.
Supreme Court refuses Confederate flag T-shirt case | csmonitor.comA Tennessee school's ban on T-shirts showing the Confederate flag will stand, after Supreme Court dismisses student's appeal.
Bill Would Give President Emergency Control of InternetInternet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this past spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
Arizona allows guns in bars. Should any place be off-limits? | csmonitor.comThe Arizona law highlights how gun owners can carry weapons to a growing number of places, from national parks to bars. Other venues, like churches, are now a part of the debate.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Women - the victimsAs violence against women in Pakistan continues to grow, every new incident is eerily reminiscent of an earlier event that was equally if not more shocking. Two reports from Punjab on Monday are a blot on society's collective conscience.
Civil asset forfeiture laws punish the innocent and corrupt law enforcement agenciesOntario's Civil Remedies Act will deprive innocent people of their justly owned property. It will divert police attention from catching and convicting genuine criminals, and will encourage them to "catch and release" those who prove to be a source of revenue.
There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in Human History"One hundred forty-three years after passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S.
Arrest Over Trading Software Illuminates a Wall St. SecretLittle understood outside the securities industry, the business has suddenly become one of the most competitive and controversial on Wall Street. At its heart are computer programs that take years to develop and are treated as closely guarded secrets. Mr.
Former aid tells jury Commissioner wanted sex It is a story of sex, lies, political power, and money. It revolves around Hillsborough Commissioner Kevin White, his former aid, 24 year Alyssa Ogden, and the powerful publisher of the Florida sentinel bulletin, C. Blythe Andrews, who was apparently infatuated with Ogden.
Lately, there has been a lot of news about the Presidents new health care plan. I won't go into the specifics about the plan, because, frankly, I think there are already enough people droning on about it's specifics.
1. Wait your turn to talk 2. Ask yourself "Would my mother want to see me or hear me acting like this?" 3. Ask your question and wait for the answer. 4. Allow others the same opportunity. Repeat Ad Nauseum until the meeting is continued.
Illegal to Insult Officials, In Brighton MI"The ordinance gives police the unbridled discretion to arrest a person for engaging in a constitutionally protected activity," Steinberg said.
Beyond Gates arrest, a growth of police power | csmonitor.comArrests of those who challenge police authority are not uncommon and increasing, say some civil libertarians.
Russian civil society leaders to appeal to Obama | ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian civil society leaders will appeal to President Barack Obama on Tuesday to focus a spotlight on the country's democratic deficit and lack of transparency.
Honduras coup spotlights Latin America's growing instability | csmonitor.comUnrest has also erupted in Guatemala and Nicaragua in the past year, and the region is trying to deal with powerful organized crime and drug traffickers.
Yesterday, Barack Obama announced that he would be pushing legislation to expand the social benefits of gay and lesbian couples within the near future.
BBC NEWS | Health | Anti-abortion and violence in the USAccording to data gathered by the National Abortion Federation, a pro-choice group, there had been at least eight killings in anti-abortion protests, 17 attempted murders and 400 death threats
I am a heterosexual male. The vast majority of people who may read this (the number of which could possibly run literaly into the TENS!) are heterosexual as well. Gay marriage is the topic du jour. It is fun to talk about, but really is not going to impact our lives.
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