A federal judge on Tuesday permitted a lawsuit, filed on behalf of 3,000 emergency workers who allege health problems resulting from the cleanup of the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center site, to proceed...
The brother of a prosecutor assigned to the second Saddam Hussein trial was assassinated Monday morning in front of his house in West Baghdad. Imad al-Faroon was pronounced dead immediately after the shooting, which his wife...
The family of a Brazilian man who was shot and killed by London police filed an appeal Monday with the UK High Court challenging a July decision by prosecutors not to bring individual charges against...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told the press on Sunday that he intends to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring justice to those who killed independent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on October 7...
Israeli police have recommended that the Israeli attorney general indict President Moshe Katsav on charges of rape, sexual harassment, indecent acts using force, and indecent acts without consent following their three-month investigation of at least 10 complaints...
The Iraqi High Tribunal convened briefly Monday and announced that the next hearing on the crimes against humanity charges brought against Saddam Hussein will be on November 5, though the court...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia engaged in a rare televised debate Sunday with ACLU President Nadine Strossen . The two clashed on issues of constitutional interpretation and fundamental rights, with Scalia...
Lawyers have filed an emergency motion in federal court to prevent the US military from surrendering translator and accused kidnapper Mohammad Munaf, a US citizen, to Iraqi officials to face the death penalty. Munaf was...
Germany intends to set up a "road map" for the ratification of the EU constitution when it assumes the rotating EU presidency on January 1, 2007, German Chancellor Angela Merkel [official website; BBC...
Thai Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas said Wednesday that Thailand will remain under martial law for at least a month as a safeguard against political turmoil, while Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, who led the Sept. 19 bloodless coup , defended...
