The federal bench trial of a lawsuit challenging the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) began Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . The American Civil Liberties...
A US citizen with a Canadian wife and family who was convicted of third-degree sexual abuse began serving a plea deal Monday where he must avoid the US except to meet with his parole officer. Teacher Malcolm Watson's effective...
A lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants in the so-called Anfal trial said Monday that he will boycott the trial when it resumes on October 30 because some 1,000 pages of his documents...
Trevor Phillips , chairman of the UK Commission for Racial Equality , warned Sunday that if communication about social differences does not improve in Britain, riots could erupt there in the wake of a religious dress [JURIST...
UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has submitted a final draft to the Lebanese government and the UN Security Council of a plans to establish an international tribunal to investigate the death of former Lebanese Prime...
Conservative radio commentator Armstrong Williams has agreed to pay the US Department of Education $34,000 after a year-long investigation of the commentator's agreement to endorse President Bush's education policies, a Department spokesperson...
An Israeli Cabinet official admitted for the first time Sunday that Israel employed phosphorous bombs against Hezbollah guerillas during this summer's conflict in Lebanon . Israeli Cabinet Minister Jacob Edery confirmed that the...
Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Sunday that a decision to lift martial law in Thailand must be made prudently and in close consultation with security officials, given continuing efforts in some...
Britain's top judge has said that disregarding human rights will only breed resentment among immigrants to the UK and fuel support for terrorist efforts. In an address delivered late last week at the University of Hertfordshire, Lord Chief...
Israel's Supreme Court has demanded that Israeli President Moshe Katsav explain within a week why he has not resigned or suspended his functions while facing a possible indictment for rape, sexual harassment, wire-tapping, and other...