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CONCORD, N.H. – A prisoner in New Hampshire is suing the state after he was placed in secure housing for failing to shave his thick, bushy beard in violation of prison rules. A federal judge in July ordered prison officials to give 35-year-old Frank Staples a lower security classification and …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia has executed four more prisoners, bringing the number of people put to death since January to 113. The Interior Ministry says the four executions took place Wednesday. Three were Saudi men convicted of murder while the fourth was a Syrian national found guilty of …

UNITED NATIONS – Two U.N. experts are appealing to Guatemala’s judicial authorities to “prevent any further attempt at interference, obstruction of justice or manipulation of the law” in the genocide trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and a former intelligence chief. Thursday’s statement by the experts on genocide prevention …