The parents of a brain-damaged girl in the United Kingdom won a partial victory Friday when a High Court judge lifted a non-resuscitation order if she were to fall seriously ill. The judge's decision came on the...
Iraqi and US officials are working to repair technical difficulties that occurred during the opening day of the Saddam Hussein trial earlier this week, which was broadcast around the world. Troubles including a courtroom...
A Virginia oil trading company has pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree grand larceny in connection with the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal , according to a US prosecutor Thursday. Midway Trading was accused of paying...
An alliance of British writers, comedians, and bishops Thursday proposed amendments they want added to the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill , which was debated last week in the UK House of Lords . Comedic actor...
Australian state leaders warned Thursday that "shoot-to-kill" provisions in the country's anti-terrorism proposals could lead to another wrongful police shooting similar to the one by British officers who incorrectly identified a Brazilian citizen as a...
President Bush's "faith-based initiative" to get taxpayer funding to religious charities won a legal victory recently when a US federal judge ruled that religious groups are able to hire and fire employees based on their religious beliefs and practices,...
Recently fired Ukrainian Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun is claiming his termination last month was a direct result of an investigation he launched into the expenditures of the wife of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko . Piskun was looking into...
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser Wednesday voiced his strong opposition to new anti-terrorism proposals from current Prime Minister John Howard , which were leaked by an Australian state leader...
A federal judge has ruled that State Street Bank and Trust Company will not be held responsible for major losses in a United Airlines (UAL) employee stock-ownership plan. Over 70,000 United employees and retirees filed...
Lawyers for Platon Lebedev, business partner of jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky , said Thursday that they have asked the Russian General Prosecutor's Office for information on the whereabouts of their client and have also requested...
