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The US government on Tuesday handed over 15 suspected Somali pirates it captured in January to the Republic of Seychelles for prosecution. The suspects are accused of attacking a ship and kidnapping 13 Iranian fisherman, all of...

JURIST Guest Columnist Margaret Burnham of Northeastern University School of Law says the trial of alleged Klansman James Seale, accused of kidnapping and then drowning two young men in southwest Mississippi in May 1964, highlights both Mississippi's historical role in...

Andrew Wood : "Exactly one year ago I was in the southeastern Sri Lankan village of Kirinda wrapping up a three month stint of relief work following the Asian tsunami. Now,...

Pope Benedict XVI was officially installed as the 265th head of the Catholic Church on Sunday, receiving the symbolic pallium and the Ring of the Fisherman , and celebrating...

Pope John Paul II has died, according to Vatican sources. He was 84. An announcement has just been made in Italian and English on Vatican Radio, monitored over the Internet from...