Protesters stepped into action across Nepal on Friday in response to the traditional new year message of King Gyanendra , in which the ruler promised to hold general elections and dialogue with the...

A Congolese opposition group, the Holy Alliance, has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to ban Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila from running in this year's general elections, the first democratic elections...

The International Commission of Jurists on Friday called the arrest of hundreds of lawyers and pro-democracy demonstrators during the past few days in Nepal unlawful and arbitrary and demanded that King Gyanendra ...

British police on Thursday arrested Des Smith, the first person held in police custody in the "cash for honors" probe , before releasing him on bail later in the day. The arrest stemmed from allegations that the...

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected the argument that Governor Bob Taft (R) has full executive privilege to keep records private in a 5-2 decision . Rather, the court held on Thursday that...

Jones v. City of Los Angeles, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, April 14, 2009 [holding that a Los Angeles ordinance that subjects the homeless to arrest if they are caught "sitting, lying or sleeping on public sidewalks"...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is re-examining the last unsolved public lynching in the US, according to an FBI agent. FBI agent Stephen Emmett did not say whether the FBI will officially reopen the...

Leading Friday's environmental law news, Magistrate Judge Robert Collings of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency must release internal documents relating to...

A Japanese court on Friday rejected a suit filed by 3,200 citizens who argued that Japan's deployment of troops to Iraq violates the country's pacifist constitution , which bans the use of force to settle international disputes. The plaintiffs...

US District Judge Reggie Walton has threatened to ban public statements about the case of former vice presidential adviser I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby after one of the prosecution's court filings was released to the...