President Bush Thursday reiterated his belief that "marriage is a union between a man and a woman" a day after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples in the state must be afforded the same...

US Marine Corps Pfc. John J. Jodka pleaded guilty Thursday to assault and obstruction of justice charges in relation to the April 26 death of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania . Jodka was...

President George W. Bush Thursday signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 authorizing 700 miles of fencing along the US-Mexico border. The legislation represents the second portion of a two-part plan...

Thailand Army Chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin , who seized power from former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless military coup in September, admitted Thursday that investigators are struggling to find evidence of...

A Danish court dismissed a lawsuit Thursday filed by Muslim organizations against the two editors of the Danish newspaper who published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad earlier this year. Worldwide protests...

The US Defense Department said Wednesday that it is considering plans to increase the number of courtrooms at the US prison facility in Guantanamo Bay in order to begin trying suspected terrorists, a proposal that could...

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has urged Serbians to vote in favor of the country's new constitution in this weekend's referendum, saying a rejection of the charter would have "grave and unforeseeable" consequences...

A federal judge in Indiana ruled Wednesday that Indiana correctly enforced its statute governing prerecorded messages when it chose to prohibit the Republican-backed Economic Freedom Fund (EFF) from conducting automated attack push polls [SourceWatch...

The International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA) in West Hollywood, California, has announced that JURIST has won a W3 Gold Award for website excellence in the Law and Legal Services category for 2006....

Lewis v. Harris, Supreme Court of New Jersey, October 25, 2006 [ruling that same-sex couples in the state must be afforded the same rights as heterosexual couples, and saying that the state legislature must decide whether New Jersey will recognize...