Former Vice President Al Gore testified before US congressional committees Wednesday that global warming is "a crisis that threatens the survival of our civilization and the habitability of the Earth." In his opening statement [prepared...

The Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC) announced Wednesday they will initiate an application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice alleging that three Canadian criminal offenses are unconstitutional under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...

Two independent UN rights experts voiced concern Wednesday over Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's recent suspension of Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry for "misuse of office" and ensuing protests across the country. In a joint statement...

Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court who is leading the UN's independent investigation into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri told the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday denied a petition for review of a 2004 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order preempting state regulation over Voice over Internet...

The Canadian government opened an official inquiry Wednesday into allegations by three Canadian citizens that Canadian security forces played a role in their arrest and alleged torture in Syria between 2001 and 2004. Kuwaiti-born Ahmed Al...

The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday overturned a $1.58 billion 2005 jury verdict awarded to billionaire financier and Revlon chairman Ron Perelman , finding that the plaintiffs...

A Nigerian senate committee indicted President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar Wednesday on corruption charges for diverting public money to private interests. In February, a senate panel indicted Abubakar on...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Roper v. Weaver , 06-313, a case in which the US Court of Appeals for...

The Bush administration on Tuesday indicated it would veto HR 1433 , a bill that would treat the Washington DC as its own Congressional district with voting rights. The policy statement said the...