President Bush Friday expressed confidence that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will be confirmed as a justice, despite Republican senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) saying she will have to get past the "Souter factor" with...
Uganda's defense minister Friday released the names of five men wanted in connection for cruelties suffered at the hands of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) after receiving arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal...
President Bush's former chief procurement officer entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment Friday, in response to an indictment on charges that he made false statements and obstructed investigations into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The charges...
Former Adelphia Communications CEO John Rigas and his son, the company's former CFO, have been indicted for failing to pay $300 million in taxes, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Friday. The IRS has said...
The United Kingdom's Department for Constitutional Affairs has said it will review rules preventing prisoners from voting in British elections, after a European court upheld an earlier decision that determined that the rules violate prisoners'...
The Supreme Court in Indonesia Wednesday ordered that courts should not imprison journalists found guilty in criminal press dispute cases, but should instead impose fines against them. Indonesian Chief Justice Bagir Manan said in a statement...
President Bush's former top procurement official was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on five felony counts, including making false statements and obstructing investigations into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The charges against David Safavian relate to an investigation...
Human rights groups Amnesty International and Reprieve have sent a joint letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair , asking him to pressure the US government to consider the demands of hunger strikers at...
A Canadian judicial advisory committee has recommended that detailed court filings should not be available for viewing via the Internet, despite the fact that they are considered "public documents." The committee, comprised of judges on the Canadian Judicial Council...
Six of the most prominent American business groups voiced their concerns over the USA PATRIOT Act to Congress Wednesday, saying the law makes it too simple for the government to obtain confidential business records. The groups wrote a...
