Educational institutions across the United States took up the subject of the US Constitution for a day Friday, each with their own twist. The nationwide history lesson for students in schools and universities...

SB 1, modifying laws relating to abortion, signed into law by Missouri Governor Matt Blunt September 15, 2005 . Read the full text of the...

A German state court in Stuttgart ruled Thursday that a federal prosecutor is not required to bring war crimes charges against US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in connection with abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison ...

Documents regarding the treatment of US-held detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, released to the public by the ACLU on September 15, 2005 pursuant to a FOIA request ....

Swiss President Samuel Schmid joined other world leaders calling for UN reform Thursday, saying in his address to the UN's 2005 World Summit that the UN must prioritize...

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday defended his decision to toughen Britain's anti-terror laws a day after Home Secretary Chatles Clarke released the text of new draft legislation providing for extended detention without trial and making the...

Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are continuing their bid for Japan to become a member of the UN Security Council as part of ongoing discussion...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the Department of Justice will fight to overturn Wednesday's federal court ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance with the words "under...

Transcript of Day 4 of confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, Jr., nominated to be Chief Justice of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, September 14, 2005. Read the full text transcript as provided to AP by by CQ...

The US Senate Judiciary Committee concluded its four days of confirmation hearings for Chief Justice nominee John Roberts late Thursday, with closing remarks from committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) and ranking Democrat...