Iran confirmed Monday that it will restart its nuclear fuel research program, a decision which may lead European Union and US officials to refer Iran to the UN Security Council for sanctions. Iran's Foreign...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) outlined a plan Sunday to implement more stringent restrictions on the "perks" members of Congress may accept from private parties. Reconsideration of the restrictions was sparked by...
The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 will be released on parole from prison Thursday after a Turkish court ruled that he has completed his sentences for shooting the pope and other crimes. The...
The US Army has dropped charges against Capt. Christopher Beiring, the Army officer implicated in the death of two terror detainees at the US-run Bagram detention facility in Afghanistan , due to...
Christian conservatives on Sunday rallied in support of US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito and called for reforms to the federal judiciary, during Justice Sunday III . The rally, sponsored...
Arce, et al. v. Garcia, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Circuit Judge Tjoflat, February 28, 2005 [reinstating a $54.6 million verdict against two retired Salvadoran generals for allegedly allowing torture and other abuses during...
US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter Sunday acknowledged that a "heavy sense of drama" surrounded the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito , set to begin Monday. In a statement...
US military commission proceedings against two of a handful of charged prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , originally scheduled to restart Tuesday, have been pushed back to Wednesday in recognition of the the Feast of the Sacrifice, a...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) said Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation program that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been invited to testify as the main spokesperson for administration when...
Attorneys for a number of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay have filed a petition in a California court to force the state medical ethics board to investigate Dr. John S. Edmondson, chief medical officer at the...