The Supreme Court of Japan Thursday rejected an appeal by six smokers who sued the Japanese government and a cigarette maker for illnesses they claim were caused by their smoking habits over a 33- to...
The US Senate Wednesday began a heated debate over the confirmation of US Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito , but Senate Democrats gave no hint of a potential filibuster to block his nomination. Senate Majority Leader...
A jailed Venezuelan terrorist Wednesday appealed to the European Court of Human Rights , arguing that the eight years he spent in solitary confinement in a French prison was a breach of the European Convention...
Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will comply with a European Union antitrust ruling by licensing its Windows source code in order to allow competitors to...
A US Army spokesperson said Tuesday that new military death penalty regulations may also apply to enemy combatants. The new rules, which enable the army to determine the location for executions "imposed by...
US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) said Tuesday that a Senate floor debate on a proposed bill to compensate asbestos victims will begin February 6. Specter has co-sponsored the Fairness in Asbestos Injury...
US District Court Judge Sim Lake has ruled that the Enron trial , set to begin January 30, will remain in Houston. In a ruling handing down late Monday, Lake denied the request ...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday downplayed criticism of the controversial domestic surveillance program administered by the National Security Agency , saying that reports of the program have been misleading....
US President George Bush on Monday defended his authorization of the domestic surveillance program employed by the National Security Agency (NSA) , saying that he was acting under a Congressional mandate to protect the US...
Six non-US citizens who were arrested and detained on visa violations as "persons of interest" in terror investigations after the Sept. 11 attacks return to the United States this week to give depositions in a lawsuit filed against detention...
