The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday ruled that the federal courts were not authorized to grant compensation to the Chagossians , a group of Indian Ocean islanders forced from...

The UN human rights chief in Iraq said Friday that officials in that country are holding thousands of detainees in violation of Iraqi law and expressed concern about ongoing human rights violations. According...

A Superior Court judge in Alameda County, California on Friday threw out a lawsuit challenging the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) , the $3 billion stem cell research program that was approved in Proposition 71 [CA AG...

A US Central Intelligence Agency employee has been fired for leaking classified information and having unauthorized discussions with the media, CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said Friday. Though Gimigliano declined to elaborate, a law enforcement officer has said...

A Texas state jury on Friday found Merck liable for the death of a 71-year-old man who died from a heart attack within a month of taking Merck's painkiller Vioxx [Merck Vioxx Information Center website; JURIST news...

A US federal judge Friday entered not guilty pleas for former Assistant US Attorney Richard Convertino and US State Department Regional Secretary Officer Harry Raymond Smith III after they stood mute to charges of conspiracy, obstruction of...

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has signed into law two new bills that may incite court battles over separation of church and state. On Thursday Perdue authorized government-sanctioned elective classes on the Bible in public schools and signed...

Nepal opposition activists rallied late on Friday in Kathmandu to reject a pledge made earlier in the day by King Gyanendra to immediately restore democracy to the country, under the king's...

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling , whose testimony in his own defense came to a close on Thursday, maintained his innocence on fraud and conspiracy charges and defended his actions in the...

The appointment of Jamal Abu Samhadana , fugitive leader of the militant Popular Resistance Committees , as director general of the Palestinian Authority's Interior Ministry and head of a new Palestinian security force raised concerns Friday that...