Federal prosecutors have accused lawyers for alleged terrorist Jose Padilla of violating a protective order that bars distribution of sensitive documents after one of the lawyers admitted to leaking classified government wiretap transcripts to...

The UK Council of Circuit Judges which represents British judges in England and Wales has dismissed British government proposals designed to increase rape convictions in the country, which have hit a record low [BBC...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday denied a request by Uruguay to force Argentina to put a stop to protestors blocking major roads and bridges between the two nations in an effort...

A coalition of businesses and environmental groups on Monday called for federal legislation to limit emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In a letter to President Bush a day before his State of the Union Address [White...

The city council of Farmers Branch, Texas Monday unanimously approved revisions to a city ordinance requiring apartment renters to show proof of US residency and penalizing landlords who rent to illegal immigrants . The original...

The head of Catholic bishops in Italy Monday denounced a plan by the Italian government to give same-sex couples many of the rights that heterosexual couples enjoy. Cardinal Camillo Ruini spoke to a conference...

US Army Col. Michael Steele has been formally reprimanded for giving improper orders to soldiers in Iraq, leading to the deaths of four unarmed Iraqi civilians near Samarra last May, according to recent reports by two US...

Kahle v. Gonzalez, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 22, 2006 . Read the full text of the...

A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Initial Response to Representative Mark Foley's E-mails to a Former Page, US Department of Justice, January 22, 2006 [finding that the FBI failed to respond promptly to allegedly improper e-mail correspondences between...

Cunningham v. California, US Supreme Court, January 22, 2006 . Read the Court's...