Rhode Island on Tuesday granted some convicted felons the right to vote, according to the latest unofficial count of ballots on the state's Question 2 . Question 2 would amend the Rhode Island constitution to grant the...

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that it would review a lower court decision allowing a class action lawsuit filed against the Bush administration's domestic...

New UK legislation pardoning 306 World War I soldiers who were executed for various offenses, including cowardice, sleeping while on duty, striking a superior officer, disobedience and desertion, received final approval Wednesday after the Armed Forces Act [legislative...

India will try the 19 suspects in the July Mumbai train bombings case using special courts to speed up the legal process, the leader of the Mumbai Police anti-terrorism squad told Reuters Wednesday. India's...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the BBC Wednesday that he expects Saddam Hussein to be executed before the end of the year , pending the conclusion of the appeal process. Al-Maliki seemed undeterred by the...

In the Matter of Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts, US Federal Communications Commission, November 6, 2006 . Read...

Officials in several US states asked judges to extend polling hours in a number of areas Tuesday after problems with new electronic voting machines caused delays and left some voters unable to cast ballots in nationwide mid-term elections. By...

Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro said Tuesday that his office is once again pressing for the extradition of 26 Americans for their role in the alleged 2003 CIA kidnapping of Egyptian cleric...

Kyrgyzstan opposition party members and pro-government supporters announced Tuesday that they had reached a compromise in an effort to reform the country's constitution . Members of the country's parliament are expected to vote...

Iraq's Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that 57 members of its Shiite-led police force have been charged with torturing hundreds of detainees at a prison in eastern Baghdad. This is the first time the Iraqi government has filed charges against...