The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case examining the rights of foreigners in death penalty cases. In Medellin v. Dretke , a Mexican citizen was convicted of murder in a Texas state court...
Cambodian officials will appeal to the UN on Monday for more than $70 million needed to establish a tribunal to prosecute remaining members of the Khmer Rouge regime , responsible for the deaths of two million Cambodians from...
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit Tuesday against internet phone provider Vonage , alleging that the service does not adequately warn customers about problems they have in trying to call 911. Vonage does not route 911 calls...
The US government filed a motion Tuesday asking the judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui case to set a trial date in October. District Judge Leonie Brinkema had stayed legal proceedings pending the Supreme...
The US Supreme Court ruled in three cases Tuesday, all on appeal from the Ninth Circuit. In Muehler v. Mena the Court ruled unanimously that police did not violate the Fourth Amendment rights...
Iceland's parliament voted unanimously Monday to grant citizenship to US chess champion Bobby Fischer . Fischer is currently being detained in Japan, and faced possible deportation to the US, where he is wanted for...
The White House on Monday insisted that the special legislation passed by Congress in a matter of hours over the weekend regarding review of Terri Schiavo's case was not intended as a precedent for...
The Pew Hispanic Center , a private research group, released a report Monday documenting recent massive growth of the illegal immigrant population in the United States. A 23 percent increase was reported in the population of undocumented...
Human Rights Watch alleged Monday in a new report that Russian kidnappings of civilians in Chechnya have become so widespread as to constitute a "crime against humanity." The report says that thousands of people have "disappeared" since...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan addressed the General Assembly Monday on his plans for UN and international reform. Annan stressed that the proposals in his report entitled In Larger Freedom , released Sunday, were a...
