Theodor Meron , president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia said Tuesday that the tribunal will miss a 2008 trial completion date set by the UN Security Council, extending at least into 2009. Meron...

The US will end its lone opposition to Mohamed ElBaradei , Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Wednesday in exchange for concessions involving Iran and the fight against nuclear arms proliferation. ElBaradei is arriving...

Doe v. Moore, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, June 6, 2005 . Excerpt:In...

2004 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, FBI, June 6, 2005 . Excerpt:The number of violent crimes reported to law enforcement agencies in the...

The US Senate Finance Committee released a report Tuesday saying stricter laws may be necessary to prevent insider deals, regulate moneymaking ventures, and open more activities to public scrutiny in large nonprofit organizations. The recommendation follows a two-year investigation...

A criminal investigation has been launched against Florida A and M University for alleged misuse of taxpayer monies, and interim University president Castell Bryant announced Tuesday that A and M law school dean Percy Luney, Jr. had...

The US Senate Intelligence Committee late Tuesday approved revisions to the Patriot Act which would expand the FBI's power to subpoena records in terrorism investigations without receiving the approval of a judge or grand...

Former US President Jimmy Carter closed a two-day human rights conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta Tuesday by saying that the US should close the Guantanamo Bay military prison camp and two...

Republican Congressman Henry Hyde , chair of the House International Relations Committee, introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives Tuesday calling for broad reforms to the UN. The UN Reform Act of 2005 alleges that...

The US military announced Tuesday that a riot broke out at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison over the weekend after an inmate made a failed attempt to escape from the prison. The "disturbance" took place late Sunday...