Lebanese government officials have called "fruitful" initial consultations with visiting UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel on the establishment of an international tribunal for suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister...
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A US court-martial Saturday found Army Specialist James Hayes guilty of mistreating detainees in Afghanistan at the end of a brief trial . The court-martial which convicted Hayes on one count of conspiracy...
In his weekly radio address Saturday President Bush urged the US Senate to vote on his nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court, insisting that senators had a "constitutional responsibility"...
A senior Hamas official speaking in Jerusalem has said that introducing Islamic sharia as "a source of law" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be "the No. 1 thing we will do" when Hamas takes...
Senoir US Senate Democrats John Kerry (MA) , Patrick Leahy (VT) , and Russ Feingold (WI) have introduced a bill to limit expense-paid trips for federal judges underwritten by...
Arizona state legislator David Burnell Smith became the first US lawmaker removed from office for violating a states public campaign financing rules when the Arizona Supreme Court declined Thursday to stay an...
Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, the eldest daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was taken into custody by Chilean authorities Saturday when she flew in from Buenos Aires to face charges of tax evasion. Met...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Saturday that Iran will likely have to face the UN Security Council unless it resumes compliance with nuclear non-proliferation requirements. Straw would not confirm...
In the first ruling of its kind, the British High Court on Friday ruled that two British citizens accused of illegal file-sharing must pay damages for violating UK copyright laws. The suit brought by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)...
US-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch , said Saturday that interference by Iraqi political groups may compromise the independence of the judges on the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal ...
