The verdict in the Dujail crimes against humanity case against Saddam Hussein has been postponed despite previous expectations that it would be delivered October 16 , the court trying the case announced Tuesday....
The FBI Tuesday continued an investigation into possible sex crimes by Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) that may lead to charges under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 , a...
Retired US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor warned Wednesday against growing efforts at "judicial intimidation" in the United States. In a Wall St. Journal op-ed O'Connor said that a recently-proposed South Dakota constitutional amendment [Amendment E...
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem issued a report Wednesday concluding that the June 28 bombing by Israeli forces of a power plant in the Gaza Strip during the early stages of the 34-day Middle East conflict...
An EU panel comprised of European data security officials has decided to delay the release of a final report on a Bush administration program that keeps track of international financial transactions until further investigations into whether the program violates...
The head of an EU panel on Monday criticized a White House program that keeps track of international financial transactions, telling the New York Times that it may have no "legal basis under European law." Peter Schaar, head of...
White House and Republican congressional negotiators decided over the weekend to move forward with a definitional change in proposed legislation on military commissions that would broaden the meaning of "unlawful enemy combatant" and allow...
A tentative agreement has been made on domestic surveillance legislation after Republican negotiators agreed to remove language that would have implicitly recognized the constitutionality of warrantless wiretapping from the National Security Surveillance Act of 2006 [S...
The state of California filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against six leading US and Japanese car manufacturers on Wednesday, alleging that vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases from cars made by the companies have contributed to global...
Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa was appointed Wednesday to preside over the second Saddam Hussein trial , replacing Chief Judge Abdullah al-Amiri who was removed at the Iraqi government's insistence on Tuesday. Defense lawyers walked out...
