Argentinean politician and former police chief and mayor Luis Abelardo Patti, wanted by Argentina for allegedly torturing and killing several people during Argentina's 1976-1983 "Dirty War" , was arrested in Buenos Aires...

The US Senate on Thursday voted 95-0 in favor of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) , legislation aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic...

Navy Captain Prescott Prince , the military-appointed lawyer for confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , has expressed concern over the fairness of his client's upcoming military commission trial....

The upper house of the Austrian parliament Thursday voted 151-27 to approve the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon . The...

Myanmar voters will be permitted to observe ballot counting in a scheduled May national referendum on a draft constitution put forth by the country's ruling junta, according to Thursday state media reports. Government officials...

John Roe v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, April 22, 2008 [ruling that a school district must stop the distribution of Bibles in schools as it constitutes a religious activity...

A, K, M, Q & G and H.M. Treasury, UK High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division Administrative Court, April 24, 2008 ....

Officials from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Thursday that the court expects to complete an investigation into former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav , also known...

Indonesian police Thursday arrested a fourth man suspected of involvement in February assassination attempts against East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao . Last week, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that police had...

The Supreme Court of Taiwan Thursday upheld a December 2007 ruling by the Taiwan High Court acquitting Taiwanese President-elect Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges. Prosecutors had filed an appeal ...