Nepal has agreed to allow UN human rights workers to enter the country to monitor reported abuses by both government and Maoist rebel forces, the UN announced on Monday. Under the agreement signed...

John Negroponte , President Bush's selection for the new national intelligence director post, is expected to win Senate confirmation, but human rights questions dogging Negroponte from his time as ambassador to Honduras may slow the process. Confirmation hearings...

Puerto Rican legislators supporting US statehood said Monday they would try to push through a bill clarifying the territory's relations with the US over a veto by Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila. The bill, vetoed by Vila on Sunday, calls...

Three former Global Crossing executives have reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission where they will each pay a $100,000 civil fine without having to admit wrongdoing in "capacity swap" deals made before...

A new opinion poll released Monday by the Financial Times shows that almost 70 percent of Britain's finance directors are opposed to the country adopting the new European constitution . Thirty percent of business managers responding...

American oil services company Halliburton may have overcharged the Defense Department at least $212 million for its work providing fuel to Iraqi citizens, according to portions of Defense Contract Audit Agency audits...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, April 12.The US Senate convenes at 9:45 AM ET today, when it will consider H.R. 1268 , the Iraq/Afghanistan Supplemental...

Prepared testimony at hearings to consider the nomination of John R. Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, as US permanent representative to the United Nations, John R. Bolton, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 11,...

United States v. Stewart, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, April 11, 2005 [ruling denying an appeal by Stewart to modify or change her sentence. The appeal would have led to...

Solidarity founder and former Polish President Lech Walesa said Monday he has filed charges against Radio Maryja , a radical Roman Catholic radio station in Poland, over...