The trial of former Yugoslav army chief of staff and general Momcilo Perisic , was delayed indefinitely Wednesday as there was a procedural glitch in the naming of judges at the...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reconsider last term's decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana , holding that Louisiana could not impose the death penalty for the rape of...

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday implemented regulations denying hospitals payment for treating conditions caused by some common medical errors . Those regulations, announced last year,...

A US district judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) seeking damages for the injuries and deaths of US citizens in...

The Canadian Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) decided Tuesday to move forward with a public hearing investigating the country's military detainee transfer process in Afghanistan despite a move from the Canadian Department of Justice [official...

Marijuana Policy Project, et al. v. Ross Miller, US District Court for the District of Nevada, September 30, 2008 [issuing an order granting a plaintiffs' motion for summary judment and invalidating Nevada's so-called County Population Rule as unconstitutional under the...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday pushed for the adoption of sweeping anti-graft legislation while opening the first meeting of the newly-established Anti-Corruption Council . Deflecting rumors that the...

Judge Philip M. Pro of the US District Court for the District of Nevada issued an order Tuesday granting a plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and invalidating Nevada's so-called County Population Rule ...

Vietnamese journalists Nguyen Van Hai of Tuoi Tre news agency and Nguyen Viet Chien of Thanh Nien news agency have been charged with "abusing freedom and democracy" and will face up to seven...

Absentee voting began Tuesday in Ohio after the Ohio Supreme Court and two federal district courts rejected Republican Party challenges to an Ohio secretary of state directive . By a 4-3 vote, the state Supreme Court...