The Iraqi High Tribunal heard more tapes on Tuesday in which the voice of defendant Ali Hassan al-Majid vowed to "leave no Kurd who speaks the Kurd language" and to "wipe...

A European Parliament (EP) special committee adopted a report Tuesday alleging that some EU nations knew about CIA activity in Europe including the existence of secret flights and CIA-operated secret prisons [JURIST news...

Thirty Democratic members of the North Carolina General Assembly urged Gov. Mike Easley on Tuesday to implement an immediate suspension of all state executions until an investigation shows that the state's execution...

The office of Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz said Tuesday that there is enough evidence to indict Israeli President Moshe Katsav on various charges, including rape, sexual harassment, abuse of power and obstruction of justice...

The trial of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby began Tuesday as the prosecution and defense attorneys delivered opening statements in the CIA leak case . Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald...

A military judge in Israel on Tuesday ordered the release of Imam Fawaz Damra, former leader of Ohio's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of Cleveland , claiming there was insufficient evidence to hold him. Damra's lawyer told AP...

Federal prosecutors have accused lawyers for alleged terrorist Jose Padilla of violating a protective order that bars distribution of sensitive documents after one of the lawyers admitted to leaking classified government wiretap transcripts to...

The UK Council of Circuit Judges which represents British judges in England and Wales has dismissed British government proposals designed to increase rape convictions in the country, which have hit a record low [BBC...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday denied a request by Uruguay to force Argentina to put a stop to protestors blocking major roads and bridges between the two nations in an effort...

A coalition of businesses and environmental groups on Monday called for federal legislation to limit emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In a letter to President Bush a day before his State of the Union Address [White...