The Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Federation of America have filed a federal suit claiming Florida's new Parental Notice of Abortion Act , taking effect July 1, can delay...

A member of the UN Committee against Torture , speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP Friday that the US has acknowledged to the United Nations for the first time that instances of prisoner torture have occured in...

Canadian lawmakers will extend their current session into the summer to push through the contentious Civil Marriage Act , which would legalize same-sex marriage across Canada. Government Liberals thwarted the plan of opposition Conservatives, who have staunchly opposed the...

Lawyers involved in the huge litigation against Merck over its drug Vioxx said Thursday that federal lawsuits against the drug company could begin in late autumn 2005. The first state...

Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington Thursday, visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari called for the trial of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to get under way and be "over and done with", expressing...

A senior Bosnian Serb police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday that seven Bosnian Serbs have been arrested in the past two days for involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The attorney...

Ethiopian federal police Friday confirmed the release of 2,665 people arrested during recent election-related protests . The Ethiopian Human Rights Council had estimated over 3,000 arrests were made during demonstrations. According to police, the released prisoners...

Interim Dean of Florida A&M University Law School James Douglas said Thursday that about 10 professors at the law school who have not been paid for the first summer session have threatened to stop teaching if they...

The director of Iraq's looted National Museum warned a UNESCO meeting of the International Coordinating Committee to Safeguard the Cultural Heritage of Iraq Thursday that the purchase of stolen artifacts from Iraq...

The Wisconsin Assembly voted Thursday to approve one of the country's broadest bans on human cloning in the state where embyonic stem cell research was pioneered and...