Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle on Thursday subpoenaed telephone records from the home and political campaign office of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) Earle also subpoenaed the telephone records of DeLay’s daughter,...

South Africa on Thursday repealed the oppressive Black Administration Act , ending the last vestige of apartheid. The 1927 Act had provided a uniform system of administration and regulation for black people by empowering tribal chiefs and regulating...

Leading Thursday's states brief, a New York appeals court ruled today that a member of a Vermont civil union has no standing to sue a Manhattan hospital for malpractice in the death of his partner. In finding...

Human Rights Watch said Thursday that hundreds of individuals accused of minor crimes in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina struck are still detained in temporary local correctional facilities, awaiting a hearing before a judge. The chaos...

Uzbek police have arrested activist Mukhtabar Tojibaeva , hours before she was expected to attend a human rights conference. Tojibaeva, who heads up the human rights organization Fiery Hearts, has been a vocal critic of the Uzbek...

The US Department of Justice on Thursday announced that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will plead guilty to charges that it conspired with other technology companies to fix prices on some of its dynamic...

Harriet Miers will not withdraw her nomination to the US Supreme Court, White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters Thursday. McClellan, when asked if Miers might withdraw her name, insisted that, "no one that knows her...

The Association of Muslim Scholars on Thursday urged Iraqis to reject the draft Iraqi constitution when it comes up for referendum on October 15 . A spokesman for...

Faced with a growing problem of overcrowded jails, British officials are considering fitting some prisoners with electronic tags and releasing them, a government minister said Thursday. According to a report in the Times, the plan calls for criminals...

The Mexican government is concerned that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's "Operation Linebacker," a pledge of $9.7 million to beef up security along the US-Mexico border, will lead to human rights violations. In a statement released late Wednesday,...