Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday set July 26 as the date for a referendum in which Palestinians will vote on whether to establish a Palestinian state and implicitly recognize Israel. Palestinians will vote on...

The number of worldwide refugees reached its lowest number since 1980 in 2005, but the overall number of internally displaced people in the world has increased dramatically, according to a report released Friday by...

An internal report conducted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and released Friday has concluded that UN authorities were not at fault and there was no criminal conduct in the March...

A federal appeals court ruled Friday to suppress three documents which contained information that the US Department of the Interior allegedly destroyed documents related to a class-action lawsuit brought by Native Americans [DOI Indian Trust...

The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday that new rules requiring wholesalers to be able to track prescription drugs will take effect in December. The rules stem from the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday to allow two anti-abortion health care groups to intervene in a California lawsuit regarding the federal Weldon Amendment , which prohibits federal...

Memorandum of Points and Authorities filed as amicus curiae in connection with a Motion for Return of Property filed by Rep. William Jefferson, May 25, 2006, Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the US House of Representatives, Office of General Counsel,...

Report to the President, Death of Milan Babic, Judge Kevin Parker, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, June 8, 2006 [concluded that UN authorities were not at fault and there was no criminal conduct in the March 5 suicide...

American Council on Education v. FCC, United States Court of Appeal for the DC Cirucit, June 9, 2006 [upholding the Federal Communication Commission's ability to require broadband Internet companies and Internet phone service providers to comply with the Communications Assistance...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld the Federal Communication Commission's ability to require broadband Internet companies and Internet phone service providers to comply with the Communications Assistance...