Investigations into FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse, US Department of Defense , released July 14, 2005 . Read the full text of the...

Four leading women in the US Senate Thursday asked Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to reconsider her resignation if Justice William Rehnquist makes the decision to retire. The request from Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Barbara Boxer...

The Ethiopian government has said that it will not renew a ban on post-election demonstrations against accusations of election fraud after it expires Friday. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi originally instituted a month-long ban against...

The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) have come to an agreement in principle , ending the longest labor interruption in North American professional sports history. The two...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that the state's cap on medical malpractice noneconomic damage awards is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection guarantees of the state constitution and the legislature's...

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Thursday condemned the 2001 Miami federal court conviction of five Cubans who spied on US anti-Castro groups , calling their long jail terms - including three...

The Slovak Constitutional Court Thursday delayed Slovakia's ratification of the European Constitution , approved in the country's parliament two months ago. Thirteen Slovak citizens filed a complaint with the court, arguing that the...

The first trial against pharmaceutical drug company Merck & Co. for distributing the drug Vioxx while aware of an increased chance of heart attack and stroke began Thursday in Texas with opening statements from...

Leading Thursday's international brief, Pakistan's North West Frontier Province has passed a controversial law reminiscent of Afghan regulatons under the former Taliban regime that will allow the government to monitor individuals' compliance with Islamic...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dropped a scheduled review of its media ownership rules from the agenda of its scheduled monthly open meeting Thursday. Some of the restrictive rules had been overturned by...