Stormans, Incorporated, doing business as Ralph's Thriftwa, et al., v. Mary Selecky, Acting Secretary of the Washington State Department of Health, et al., US District Court Western District of Washington, November 8, 2007 [issuing an injunction suspending a Washington state...

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Friday that it has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle all pending lawsuits regarding Merck's marketing and distribution of the painkiller Vioxx . The...

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment for former US Department of Homeland Security Secretary nominee Bernard Kerik , reportedly on corruption charges. Kerik's indictment will remain sealed until his arraignment Friday, but sources close...

US President George W. Bush has welcomed the Thursday Senate confirmation of former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as the 81st attorney general of the United States. In a brief statement,...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest Friday as she prepared to attend a protest in Rawalpindi against President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule on Saturday. Police barricaded Bhutto's home...

The US Senate voted 53-40 late Thursday evening to confirm former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as the 81st attorney general of the United States. The nomination was backed by the Senate...

Pakistani lawyers detained by the government under the declaration of emergency rule issued earlier this month by President Pervez Musharraf are being tortured, according to Asma Jahangir head of the independent Human...

A resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the death penalty has been introduced before the United Nations General Assembly. Over 70 states have backed the proposal, which will be voted...

Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld life sentences handed down to three former Nazi SS officers for their role in a massacre during WWII that left hundreds of Italian villagers in Tuscany dead. All three men are in their...

The military junta in Myanmar Thursday agreed to allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with fellow members of her political party Friday for the first time in three years. The announcement...