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Leading Friday's international brief, a high-level source in the cabinet of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has told news agencies in Zimbabwe that the administration has decided to push forward legislation that would nationalize all private...

Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola , President of the Special Court of Sierra Leone , the tribunal created by the UN to hear cases of serious crimes committed during the West African country's civil war, warned ...

Three hedge-fund managers must pay $2.4M to settle charges that the companies used illegal stock trading tactics to profit off 22 other companies. Galleon Management LP, Oaktree Capital Management LLC and DB Investment Managers Inc. were alleged by the...

Recent UN Security Council resolutions setting up sanctions against Sudan and referring criminal actions in Darfur to the International Criminal Court have led to protests and heightened tensions in Darfur, according to UN Assistant Secretary-General...

In a 68-44 vote, the Florida House of Representatives has passed a measure that would allow judges to reduce or eliminate alimony when a recipient ex-spouse moves in with someone else. Under current Florida law, and in...

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the ostensibly-successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, now under review in a month-long conference at the UN, may be on its last legs... Recognizing "the devastation that would be...

UN peacekeepers sexually abused Liberian women, according to an initial UN investigation announced on Friday. An initial investigation into allegations showed that as many as 20 reports of abuse could be substantiated, with the allegations ranging from peacekeepers having...

The US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics reported Sunday that prison incarceration rates for 2003 - 2004 hit an all-time high, with nearly 2.3 percent of the population being jailed for some length of time....

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, April 22.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today. Watch a live webcast of the session.The US House ...

Texas insurance agent Jerry Gossett has sued the Republican National Committee and one of its suppliers, the Spalding Group , alleging they stole his design for the 'W' bumper stickers used by President George W. Bush...