The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority 05-1345, a case concerning whether a local ordinance would violate...
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A defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein has said she intends to sue the Iraqi government for allowing the ousted leader to be taunted moments before his execution and for allegedly allowing his body to be abused...
Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq , who was found guilty of assisting the Sept. 11 attacks on the US, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court [official website,...
The White House said Monday that President Bush intends to nominate Zalmay Khalilzad , current US ambassador to Iraq, to serve as the next US ambassador to the UN . Rumors of the personnel change first...
The 100-member Constitution Drafting Council in Thailand moved a key step closer to its goal of presenting a new constitution for the country within the next six months Monday by electing professor Noranit Setabutr to...
The war crimes trial of former Rwandan colonel and prefect of Rwanda's capital city Tharcisse Renzaho began Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Renzaho faces charges...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Iraqi government on Monday not to carry out the anticipated executions of two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, saying that if the executions are carried out, they will further...
A federal judge has ruled that a former terrorist suspect can sue a county in Detroit for alleged abuse while he was in jail. Karim Koubriti, a Moroccan national, was convicted in 2003 of document fraud and conspiracy to...
The chief judge presiding over the genocide trial against Saddam Hussein for the deaths of 180,000 Kurds during the so-called "Anfal" campaigns dropped all charges against the former dictator as the...
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that a Canadian child can legally have three parents - two mothers and a father. The case before the court involved a lesbian couple, together since 1990, one...
