Anthony Scrivener , a former chairman of the UK's Bar Council , has been asked by Saddam Hussein's family to represent the former Iraqi dictator at his upcoming trial . Perhaps Scrivener's most famous case was...

Warrants for the arrest of leaders of the Uganda-based Lord's Resistance Army, unsealed October 13, 2005 . Review the warrants for Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Raska Lukwiya, and Okot Odhiambo . Reported...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new regulations on Thursday that could allow more pollution while power plants modernize. The proposal is aimed at the nation's 600 coal-burning power plants, which make up 55 percent...

Chinese activist Peng Ming has been sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorist activities by Wuhan's Intermediate People's Court. The court found that Peng tried to overthrow the Communist Party by operating a terrorist training base in Myanmar,...

Sudan has agreed to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its pursuit of rebel leaders from neighboring Uganda, Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for five leaders...

Sunni Industry Minister Usama Abdul Aziz Al-Najafi said Friday that he expects a 'no' vote in the upcoming referendum on the proposed Iraqi constitution , scheduled for Saturday. The prediction comes despite a...

Following a proposal Monday by UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke , Britain's Parliament on Thursday added 15 terror organizations with suspected links to al Qaeda to a list of 25 organizations already banned under...

Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle on Thursday subpoenaed telephone records from the home and political campaign office of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) Earle also subpoenaed the telephone records of DeLay’s daughter,...

South Africa on Thursday repealed the oppressive Black Administration Act , ending the last vestige of apartheid. The 1927 Act had provided a uniform system of administration and regulation for black people by empowering tribal chiefs and regulating...

Leading Thursday's states brief, a New York appeals court ruled today that a member of a Vermont civil union has no standing to sue a Manhattan hospital for malpractice in the death of his partner. In finding...