UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan addressed the General Assembly Monday on his plans for UN and international reform. Annan stressed that the proposals in his report entitled In Larger Freedom , released Sunday, were a...

US District Judge James Whittemore of the Middle District of Florida has scheduled a hearing for 3 PM Monday afternoon to consider a request to have feeding resumed for Terri Schiavo . President Bush signed...

In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, March 21, 2005 on international and UN policy goals]. Excerpt from Annan's remarks introducing the...

Senior anti-terrorism experts in the Australian police are lobbying for the establishment of a court that would deal exclusively with terrorist trials and include such elements of a French-style civil law system [overview of French anti-terrorism law and procedure,...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that communications and media giant Time Warner has agreed to pay $300 million to settle charges alleging that it overstated online advertising revenue and the number of its AOL...

A former lawyer for Australian terror suspect David Hicks told a major law conference in Australia Monday that US military videotapes from the terror detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be "as explosive as anything...

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case on whether President Bush overstepped his authority when he appointed a federal judge while the Senate was on a short recess. Three appeals sought to challenge the temporary appointment...

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear an appeal from alleged "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui , the only person formally charged by the US government with criminal complicity in the September 11 terror attacks. Moussaoui...

President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan ordered the country's Central Election Commission and Supreme Court Monday to investigate allegations of fraud in the country's recent parliamentary elections that have spawned weeks of protests from opposition groups. The original...

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist returns to the US Supreme Court bench Monday to hear arguments, according to a Court spokesperson. Rehnquist is planning to attend the two arguments scheduled for this morning in...