The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is re-examining the last unsolved public lynching in the US, according to an FBI agent. FBI agent Stephen Emmett did not say whether the FBI will officially reopen the...
A Japanese court on Friday rejected a suit filed by 3,200 citizens who argued that Japan's deployment of troops to Iraq violates the country's pacifist constitution , which bans the use of force to settle international disputes. The plaintiffs...
Chinese dissident Li Jianping went on trial Wednesday in China's Shandong province, facing charges of "incitement to subvert state power" for allegedly posting pro-democracy articles on the Internet. According to Human Rights in China ,...
Federal prosecutors have decided to drop its appeal in a case where the government sought to maintain a gag order to conceal the identity of a library that was subject to FBI demands for library patron records under the...
The International Court of Justice celebrated its 60th anniversary Wednesday, holding a solemn sitting at the Hague. The ICJ is the highest legal body in the United Nations and has served as a judicial...
French students and union members staged sporadic "victory marches" Tuesday to celebrate the government's withdrawal of the First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) as legislators prepared for a vote on a replacement $180M job training...
A jury on Tuesday awarded $9 million in punitive damages to a New Jersey man who sued pharmaceutical giant Merck on grounds that his prolonged use of the drug Vioxx [Merck Vioxx Information Center website; JURIST news...
A UK High Court judge on Monday overturned laws designed to fight the rising number of "sham marriages" within the United Kingdom, ruling that the rules discriminated against immigrants and were incompatible with the...
Large numbers of immigrants and supporters assembled in cities across the United States Monday for a National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice , urging lawmakers to make it easier for the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants...
Ohio Governor Bob Taft is set to face a second round of disciplinary action for failing to report gifts that he received while in office. The Office of Disciplinary Counsel , part of the Ohio Supreme...
