Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has taken the unusual step of criticizing the state case against Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk , calling his prosecution for "public denigration of Turkish identity" contrary to...

After being signed into law by President Bush last April, an overhauled US bankruptcy law goes into effect Monday making it more difficult for consumers to prove that they should be allowed to clear their debts and...

Iranian officials have approved the basic outlines of a "single-urgency" bill providing for the suspension of Iran's voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) . Mahmoud Mohammadi, a member of the Iranian...

Republican and Democratic sources said Monday that Senate Republicans have proposed the week of November 7th to begin confirmation hearings for beleaguered US Supreme Court candidate Harriet Miers . Though Republicans are seeking a vote by the...

Lawyers representing 10 terror suspects and 13 human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch , appeared before Britain's House of Lords Monday arguing against a 2004 appeals court ruling [ABC...

An FBI report on US crime released Monday found that while murders in the US fell for the first time in five years, 2004 saw an increase in the number of rapes. Overall the number of violent crimes...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that death row inmates do not have an automatic right to a jury trial to determine whether or not an inmate is mentally retarded and therefore ineligible...

AP is reporting that the Iraqi electoral commission says it will recheck "unusually high numbers" in constitutional referendum results from certain areas of the country to make sure the poll meets international standards. A Sunni leader Sunday...

The British government on Monday proposed allowing non-lawyers to partner with lawyers to run combined firms and the creation of an independent body to handle complaints against legal professionals. The proposed reforms to the legal profession in England and...

The US Supreme Court Monday lifted a temporary stay issued late Friday that blocked a lower court order allowing prison officials in Missouri to transport a pregnant inmate to a medical facility for an abortion....