Palestinian Chief Justice Zuhair al-Sourani resigned Thursday in protest of legislation that gives government ministers the power to appoint judges. In a letter to President Mahmoud Abbas , al-Sourani wrote that he could not continue in his post...
AP is reporting that Iraq's parliament speaker has said that the National Assembly has approved a compromise deal on the Iraqi constitution . Under the deal , a commission will be established to consider future amendments...
Haiti's Supreme Court has ruled that a Haitian-born US citizen can run in the upcoming presidential elections . The country's provisional Electoral Council had decided that US businessman Dumarsais Simeus could not run in the election, but the...
US District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee watched a videotaped confession Tuesday where Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , accused of plotting to assassinate President Bush, said that he was motivated by hatred of American support for Israel. Lee is...
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has released information from 126 clergy personnel files that shows that the archdiocese moved priests accused of sexual abuse between therapy and new assignments for over 75 years. The documents,...
Lawyers representing Rep. Tom DeLay Tuesday subpoenaed Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle in order to show that the Texas prosecutor acted improperly with grand jurors in seeking indictments against DeLay on...
MSNBC is reporting that Microsoft and RealNetworks have settled Real's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft for $761 million. AP has background on the settlement.4:04 PM ET - According to the settlement , Microsoft...
Abimael Guzman , founder of Peru's Shining Path guerilla movement, told a Peruvian court Monday that he is not a terrorist, and instead labeled himself a "revolutionary combatant." Guzman is facing a retrial on...
Indonesian police said Tuesday that they have arrested a man identified simply as "Hasan" in connection with the October 1 Bali bombings , the first arrest in the case. Hasan shared a rented house in Bali with the...
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission made public Monday over 2,000 pages of official correspondence and personal notes from US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers . The documents, which cover 1995 to...
