The Uzbekistan Supreme Court Tuesday took the remarkable step of issuing a statement defending its recently-concluded trial of 15 individuals accused of leading a May, 2005 uprising in the town of Andijan which led to the 15...

The Texas Supreme Court Tuesday declared a statewide property tax unconstitutional because it sets a cap limit that most school districts are at or near already. The ruling partly affirmed and partly reversed a prior decision...

The US Education Department on Tuesday planned to send to states initiatives easing some requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) , which educators have...

During a hearing in a high-security Madrid court Tuesday, defendants in the largest trial of accused members of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) refused to answer any questions regarding their alleged crimes or their involvement in the pro-Basque...

AP is reporting that a federal jury has found Ahmed Omar Abu Ali guilty of joining al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush . Abu Ali was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2003 and...

Leaders of Bosnia's three main ethnic groups Tuesday agreed to a deal on revisions to that country's constitution that would consolidate governmental power in a strong national government. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lauded the...

US v. Adham Amin Hassoun et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, November 17, 2005 [indictment against alleged "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla and others, charging Padilla with conspiracy to murder US nationals, conspiracy to provide...

Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, new water pollution standards designed to protect the Chesapeake Bay went into effect Monday. The Virginia regulations establish new limits on the levels of nitrogen and phosphorus that can be discharged by municipal sewage...

US Rep. Tom DeLay on Tuesday asked a Texas judge to dismiss the felony conspiracy charges against him. Senior Judge Pat Priest refused to make an immediate ruling on the case, saying he wanted...

Following the latest delay in the Slobodan Milosevic war crimes trial, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ) said Tuesday that it has ordered a hearing on November 29 to...