Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and new French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Wednesday that they both back proposals for a limited constitutional treaty that would amend the...
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A criminal court in Cairo Thursday refused a plea by public prosecutor Abdel Maguid for the release of jailed Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour . Maguid had asked the court to consider Nour's deteriorating health,...
The government of Fiji Thursday lifted emergency regulations imposed on the country since unrest in early December. Military commander and self-declared interim Prime Minister Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama declared a state of emergency...
Turkey's parliament Thursday passed for a second time a constitutional amendment allowing for direct election to the presidency, but complaints of balloting violations arose even before the vote finished. The main opposition party, the secularist...
Zhao Bingzhi, president of the criminal law research committee of the China Law Society told China Daily Thursday that China is preparing to enact anti-terrorism legislation , which Zhao described as a "separate...
Zdravko Tolimir , a former Bosnian Serb general and a UN-indicted war crimes suspect, has been arrested, according to Thursday media reports. Tolimir, a close aide to war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY...
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton said Thursday that he will release more than 150 letters he has received in relation to next week's sentencing of former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby [defense website; JURIST news...
FBI Assistant Director of Public Affairs John Miller said Wednesday during an interview with C-SPAN that an FBI report expected to be released next week will detail a nationwide increase in murders, robberies and other violent crimes...
Judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) who will preside over the Khmer Rouge genocide trials met Thursday to resolve remaining disputes between Cambodian and international jurists concerning the internal regulations of the...
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed a bill Thursday allowing same-sex couples to enter into civil unions with the "same rights, responsibilities, and obligations as married couples" beginning in January 2008. Lynch...
