President Bush said achieving freedom throughout the world was "the urgent requirement of our nation's security, and the calling of our time," after he took the oath of office just before 12 Noon ET Thursday. The swearing in was...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is set to begin trials for 17 suspects charged for alleged roles in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, according to prosecutor Hassan Jallow. The new trials will proceed...

The Defense Department has announced that a third detainee at Guantanamo Bay will be released after a Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined he was not an enemy combatant. The Defense Department said Wednesday the...

In Thursday's international brief, Savo Todovic, former deputy commander of the Serb-run Foca concentration camp , was officially charged at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Wednesday....

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as the new Ukrainian president at noon on Sunday. The Ukrainian Parliament voted to approve a Sunday ceremony after the country's Supreme Court rejected...

A UK government spokesman announced Thursday that the court-martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi civilians has been "halted" at the request of the defense. The soldiers, from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ,...

Pre-trial motions in a lawsuit brought by Washington Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi contesting the 129-vote victory of Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire in a hand recount begin Thursday. The case, which gets under way in...

Chief Justice William Rehnquist will swear in President Bush for his second term at Noon Thursday during the 55th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony . Rehnquist, battling thyroid cancer since October, has missed Supreme Court sessions for the...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Jan. 20.The 55th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony will be held today, beginning at 11:30 AM ET as Vice President Dick Cheney takes...

Written answers to questions posed by Senate Judiciary Committee members in connection with the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for US Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, January 19, 2005 . Review answers to questions by Senators Biden, Coburn, Durbin (Part I;II),...