Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest for the second time in four days to prevent her staging a march today to protest emergency rule, police said. ...more

November 13, 2007

Detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi received rare front-page billing Saturday in Myanmar's state-controlled press, which said the ruling military junta was "putting energy" into democratic reforms demanded by the international community. ...more

November 11, 2007

Though under house arrest and surrounded by soldiers, Pakistan's deposed chief justice managed to get his hands on a mobile phone. ...more

November 7, 2007

The family of an 8-year-old girl who was molested on an airplane didn't want her to face the trauma of a second trial, a federal prosecutor told a judge Monday. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - The family of an 8-year-old girl who was molested on an airplane didn't want her to face the trauma of a second trial, a federal prosecutor told a judge this morning. The family's desire not to put the child through having to testify was the reason the government decided to dismiss a charge against Ronald Evan Mays, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Kaiser. ...more

October 29, 2007

A U.N. envoy to Myanmar met Sunday with the detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and with several members of the military junta that last week crushed a peaceful pro-democracy uprising, the United Nations said. ...more

October 1, 2007

TAMPA - Wearing loose-fitting orange detention outfits and shackled, three middle school students accused of setting off an acid bomb were remanded to house arrest today by a judge. The three boys, a 12-year-old and two 11-year-olds, were ordered not to watch television, play video games or contact one another. The three boys are allowed to leave home for school, church, lawyers and medical care. ...more

September 19, 2007

The key witness who testified against former Tampa housing chief Steve LaBrake has fulfilled the financial terms of his sentence, court documents show. ...more

September 14, 2007