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Brazil's new drunken driving law stirs discontent
Police have arrested hundreds of Brazilian drivers under a tough new law designed to crack down on rampant drunken driving, but bar owners are working to overturn the measure and many of their clients are flouting... Woman locked up by family for 18 years
Seems like there are more and more stories like this everyday. People being locked in the basement for some odd reason, and they are living in ridiculous conditions and often abused. When they are finally found, 20years has gone by already. Can you imagine being locked up in... Austrian Cellar Girl Wakes From Coma
Only days after doctors thought she would die from organ failure, the 19-year-old daughter of a woman held captive in an underground dungeon woke from her coma and opened her eyes.It may be the first time she has...Josef Fritzl confesses to 'addiction'
Josef Fritzl admitted through his lawyer today that he was driven by an addiction that 'got out of control' and made him repeatedly rape his daughter.An addiction is not an excuse though. If you kill someone... A Human Rights Crime
Retired American President and tireless peace activist Jimmy Carter speaks out about the siege of Gaza, and the betrayal of the USA's vaunted stand for Middle East democracy in today's editorial commentary published... Josef Fritzl claims he is not a monster
No, you didn't read the headline wrong.Josef Fritzl, the Austrain man who imprisoned his daughter and fathered seven children by her claims that he is upset by the way the media is portraying him and that he is not a... Fritzl May Have Planned 'Dungeon' Since 1978, say police
The terrible story of Josef Fritzl's incestuous imprisonment of his own children grows more horrific as new details emerge. He is now suspected of having been planning to construct the 'dungeon' for 24 years, since... Patience for Martin's antics wearing thin
Update May 02, 2008: Brenda Martin returned home today from a Mexican prison, and now is on Canadian soil, arriving quietly at Waterloo International airport to a regional women's institution,where it is said she may... UPDATE:Josef Fritzl - transferred yesterday from police custody in Amstetten ...
UPDATE: TUESDAYA 73-year-old Austrian man who has admitted locking up his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children is due to appear before a magistrates court later today.Josef Fritzl was transferred yesterday from police custody in Amstetten to a court in... China Troops Seal Tibet Monasteries, Shops Set Ablaze
More news from Tibet as China cracks down on protests there."Chinese troops sealed off three of
Lhasa's largest monasteries after Tibet's biggest protests in
almost 20 years deteriorated into violence, with shops and... Jail the Journalists!
That seems to be the DOJ position. Where is the NYTimes on this? Why aren't they writing more about it?"Ever since the President's illegal warrantless eavesdropping program was revealed by the New York Times'... Truth Under Lock & Key: Musharaff Packs Courts With Personally Loyal Pseudo-J...
There simply is no chance of an independent, honest investigation into the assassination of Musharaff rival and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. And, there's not much chance of independent news, either, given the approved beatings of journalists.Pakistan is a nuclear...Indonesians grapple over whether to forgive ex-dictator Soeharto
""They put it on my legs and my hands. Every time they didn't like my answer, they used the electric shock," Mugiyanto told AFP.According to the group Mugiyanto heads, the Indonesian Association of Families of the Disappeared (IKOHI), 23 dissidents were arrested in the final...Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end
"Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end By Andy Worthington Commentary by Friday, January 11, 2008 Six years ago today, one of the most depressing icons of the 21st century opened for business. On January 11, 2002, the first of nearly 800 prisoners arrived at a...DNA Tests Get Man Freed Affter 27 Years
"DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas man wrongly imprisoned since 1981 is free after a judge recommended overturning his 1981 aggravated sexual assault conviction. With several of his eight siblings cheering his release, 47-year-old Charles Chatman was released on his own recognizance...
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