Anthony Scrivener , a former chairman of the UK's Bar Council , has been asked by Saddam Hussein's family to represent the former Iraqi dictator at his upcoming trial . Perhaps Scrivener's most famous case was...
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new regulations on Thursday that could allow more pollution while power plants modernize. The proposal is aimed at the nation's 600 coal-burning power plants, which make up 55 percent...
Serbia charged five members of a paramilitary group, the Scorpions, Friday for their roles in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. They and several others were arrested in June after a video [JURIST...
Spain began deporting illegal immigrants on Friday after a week of border rushes at Melilla, a tiny enclave on Spain's border with Morocco along the northern coast of Africa. Hundreds of illegal African immigrants have entered the country this...
Although the New Orleans Police Department may be fully operational again as early as next month, acting Police Superintendent Warren Riley said Thursday that National Guard troops may be needed in the city through March. Riley wants the Guard...
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq is wrapping up preparations for the October 15 vote on Iraq's draft constitution . The IECI, with support from the UN, has hired...
Although he was expected to stay on until September 2006 , former Disney Chairman Michael Eisner has cut all ties with Walt Disney Co. according to a document filed Thursday with...
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion on Thursday seeking to gain access to the New Orleans city jail in response to allegations of mistreatment during Hurricane Katrina . The motion...
The Osaka High Court ruled on Friday that visits by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a Shinto shrine for war dead violate Japan's constitutional provisions for separation of church and state....
Algeria's proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation was approved by over 97 percent of the vote in Thursday's referendum as part of an effort to end a 13-year civil war in the country...
