Work on the new interim constitution of strife-torn Nepal formally began Thursday, the six-person Interim Constitution Drafting Committee (ICDC) announced at a press conference. The ICDC, formed three weeks ago in a historic contract [text; JURIST...
Hollinger Inc. , the Canadian holding company with an interest in the newspaper publisher Hollinger International , filed a lawsuit Thursday in an Ontario court against former CEO Conrad Black and other...
An Israeli military tribunal Wednesday extended the detentions of five Palestinian Hamas lawmakers for an additional five days. The five - four MPs and one cabinet member - challenged the authority of the Israel Defense Forces court...
Google is prepared to file antitrust complaints against Internet broadband providers if Congress fails to pass effective net neutrality legislation, Google Vice President Vinton Cerf has told a press conference in Bulgaria. Cerf suggested that the claims...
Gunmen ambushed and killed a former Iraqi judge on Thursday in western Baghdad, also wounding his son and driver, according to Iraqi police. Saleh Hassan Yass al-Awsi, a Sunni, was among those removed from office by the Iraqi government's...
The sudden death of former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay on Wednesday presents the legal system, Lay's family and Lay's own legacy with major challenges, according to a University of Houston law professor who closely followed the trial...
Georgia's latest attempt to implement photo identification cards for voters was challenged Wednesday by the ACLU and other voting rights advocates, who filed a motion in federal district court seeking a preliminary injunction, arguing that the bill...
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard told an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday that Israel's military offensive in the Palestinian-populated Gaza Strip...
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday to consider a draft resolution to impose sanctions on North Korea following Tuesday's missile launches . The five permanent members agreed that the Council should respond...
Finland's prime minister began the country's six-month presidency of the European Union on Wednesday by promising not to push for the ratification of the stalled European Constitution without building consensus among...
