Some of the 55 delegates to the Iraqi constitutional drafting committee are expressing pessimism about their ability to overcome ideological differences in time to have a working document ready for review by National Assembly on August 15,...

The Walt Disney Co. shareholder derivative lawsuit filed in May by nephew of founder Walt Disney and Disney shareholder Roy Disney was dropped Friday evening after the two sides came to agreement. Roy Disney and...

Imad Achab Kanouni, a French citizen once held in the American detention facility at Guantanamo Bay was released from French custody Friday. Top French anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere ordered Kanouni's release from French detention,...

Italian police have arrested 142 people over the past two days in a security sweep to forestall potential terrorist attacks in the wake of the London bombings, according to a Saturday report from Italian news agency...

UK Home Office Secretary Charles Clarke is sticking to his late fall timetable to introduce a new bill to combat terrorism despite pressure to push through laws now in the aftermath of the...

Military judge Col. James Pohl ruled Friday that the statements Pfc. Lynndie England made to Army investigators in January 2004 regarding her actions in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal cannot be...

A three-judge panel of the Santiago Appeals Court ruled Friday that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is physically and mentally fit to stand trial for the alleged murders of brothers Hector and Guido Barria Bassay by agents...

Carhart v. Gonzales, US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, July 8, 2005 . Excerpt:Because the Act does not contain a...

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, Big Four accounting firm Deloitte is under investigation by federal regulators. Bloomberg News is reporting that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board accidentally released a private...

Briefing on the medical treatment of US detainees, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Steve Jones and Army Surgeon General and Commander US Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, July 7, 2005. Excerpt:The assessment findings...