Former commander of the military wing of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Salva Kiir Mayardit was sworn in as a vice-president of Sudan and president of the southern autonomous government Thursday....

Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander Milan Lukic is demanding to be taken into custody by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , and not by Serbian authorities because he fears for his life,...

The UN Security Council passed a resolution Thursday extending the UN mission in Iraqfor another 12 months in an effort to aid the troubled country in reaching political stability. A few weeks ago,...

Iraq's former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz received a ten-minute telephone call in jail from his family Thursday, his first such contact in over two years, and will see them in person next week, his lawyer Badia...

The US First Circuit Court of Appeals held Thursday that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) , which updated the Wiretap Act to include electronic communications, should be broadly interpreted to allow an e-mail provider alleged...

Lord Charles Falconer , Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor in Tony Blair’s Labour government, said Friday in an interview with BBC Radio that judges could be given explicit legislative guidance on how to...

As anticipated Thursday in JURIST's Paper Chase, the National Archives has released a set of memos written by US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts while he was a Justice Department aide in 1981. In...

Former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein could be put to death after his first trial if he is convicted for his alleged role in a 1982 Shiite massacre in Dujail, an anonymous official close to...

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law brief, former HVB Group executive Domenick DeGiorgio has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion for his role in creating and selling illegal tax shelters for HVB and its customers. Though...

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff , once a close friend of US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay , was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on bank fraud charges. The charges are related to a 2000 purchase by...