The judge who will sentence Jack Abramoff has refused a joint motion by the defense and prosecution to delay for months the hearing that will determine the former Republican lobbyist's prison term. Although US District Judge...

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the boundaries of the 1995 Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) in a set of cases that will further specify when and how prisoners can...

The UK House of Lords dealt another major legislative setback to the anti-terrorism policies of the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair Monday by voting down for a second time a bill designed to establish a UK...

The Hamas-controlled Palestinian Legislative Council on Monday voted to strip Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of powers given him last month by the lame-duck parliament dominated by Abbas' Fatah party . Among those was...

United Arab Emirates state-owned company Dubai Ports World Monday received the go-ahead to take over British shipping company P&O , after the UK's Court of Appeal declined to hear an appeal from Miami-based Eller...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday signed into law new anti-terrorism legislation giving the Russian police and military broad authority to tap telephone conversations and control electronic communications in the vicinity of counter-terror operations, shoot down...

AP is reporting that South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed legislation that will ban most abortions in the state, excluding only those necessary to save a woman's life. Under the bill , approved by the state...

President Bush announced Monday that he is sending new legislation to Congress that would give him "line-item" veto power over specific provisions in Congressional spending bills, allowing rejection of particular provisions without compromising entire legislative packages. Speaking at...

US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema on Monday sat 12 jurors and 6 alternates in the sentencing trial of al Qaeda co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui following several weeks of jury selection . While Moussaoui's...

Opening statements began Monday in the second New Jersey state trial against New Jersey-based Merck over their distribution of the painkiller Vioxx . Although a New Jersey jury found Merck...