Florida HB 1877, the Jessica Lunsford Act, signed into law by Florida Governor Jeb Bush on May 2, 2005 [mandating that all sex offenders who prey on children aged 12 or under will be sentenced to 25 years in prison,...

Charge sheet for Pfc. Lynndie England, revised February 11, 2005 . Pages 1, 2, 3 via FindLaw. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here and here....

Opening address to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, May 2, 2005 [saying that new threats and technology have made sections of the 1970 treaty outdated, and urging the 188-states party to the treaty to act...

A report released late Monday by Italian officials on the circumstances of the March 4 shooting of Italian agent Nicola Calipari after an Iraq hostage rescue has challenged a report on the same incident produced by US military investigators....

Former UK Chief of the Defense Staff Admiral Sir Michael Boyce told the Observer newspaper in an interview published Monday that he was never shown the full legal advice from British Attorney General Lord...

A landmark bill which would have allowed Kuwaiti women to vote and stand in municipal elections failed Monday in the Kuwaiti Parliament . Twenty-nine deputies voted in favor of the bill and...

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the Jessica Lunsford Act on Monday, a bill designed to impose tougher punishment on child sex abusers. The bill was drafted in March after the body of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford...

The US Supreme Court Monday ordered the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to reconsider a girls' sports case. The Sixth Circuit had ruled on equal protection grounds in Michigan High School Athletic Association...

Israeli Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky resigned Monday saying that Israel's upcoming withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is a mistake that will spawn more Palestinian violence. Sharansky has insisted that Israeli concessions must be matched...

AP is reporting that, as anticipated , Pfc. Lynndie England has pleaded guilty to charges relating to her role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. She becomes the seventh low-level guard to plead guilty for maltreatment of...