A report released Monday by UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith recommends longer sentences and increased use of plea bargaining in fraud cases. Estimates have placed the cost of fraud to the British economy at over...

The first prisoner at Guantanamo Bay to be turned over to a foreign government for prosecution was released Monday by the Spanish Supreme Court , which found that the evidence against him was...

Italy refused a CIA request to participate in the alleged extraordinary rendition of an Egyptian cleric suspected of terrorism, a lawyer for an Italian spy agency official told Reuters in...

The UK Court of Appeal heard arguments Monday in a case where the families of three Guantanamo Bay detainees who were UK residents prior to their detention are seeking an order requiring the British...

The EU Council of Ministers agreed Monday to continue funding for embryonic stem cell research , but that aid may not be used to procure stem cell embryos. The competitiveness council ministers approved...

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) must tighten its anti-terrorism laws to conform with those of other states and territories, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday. If the ACT - the federal district that includes...

Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sued anti-government activist Sondhi Limthongkul and 11 others for defamation and $26 million in damages, according to Thaksin's lawyer Monday. Thaksin sued Sondhi and the state-run Communications Authority of...

Indian authorities on Sunday arrested a fourth suspect in the July 11 Mumbai train bombings that killed over 180 people . Authorities arrested Dr. Tanyir Ansari late Sunday after several days of questioning in...

Report, Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements and the Separation of Powers Doctrine, American Bar Association, July 24, 2006 [finding that President Bush's practice of attaching signing statements to new laws undermines the rule of law and the constitutional system...

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Monday that weekend statements by visiting United Nations relief coordinator Jan Egeland that damage caused by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut was excessive and in...