Britain's Conservative Party leader Michael Howard Wednesday joined an earlier call by former UK Home Secretary David Blunkett for the British courts not to interfere with Parliament's efforts to enact new anti-terrorism laws. Prime Minister Tony Blair has made some controversial proposals, including advocating a possible amendment to the Human Rights Act if it interferes [...]
After his arrest in Buenos Aires earlier this week, Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader Milan Lukic agreed Tuesday to be extradited and face new charges before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia , according to court papers. The UN court says that Lukic will face charges of crimes against humanity and violations of laws [...]
The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of Disney executives Tuesday in a shareholder suit that alleged that the Disney board violated their duties by ratifying a 1996 decision to fire former company president Michael Ovitz with severance. Shareholders filed suit objecting to the $140 million severance package given to Ovitz, who only held [...]
According to wire reports, the International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed that seals at Iran's Isfahan nuclear facility have been broken , allowing Iran to fully resume its uranium conversion activities. The IAEA held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss how to handle Iran's resumption of its nuclear program. The US and the EU are [...]
The California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District Tuesday rejected an appeal to have a measure backed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that would change the redistricting process in California included on November's special election ballot. The ballot measure, Proposition 77 , is a voter initiative that seeks to take the redistricting responsibility away [...]
Speaking as part of a panel on the independence of the judiciary at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association Tuesday, US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said that controversial rulings on divisive issues like the rights of homosexuals and capital punishment have created a surge in political reaction that is threatening the independence [...]
Former WorldCom accounting director Buford Yates was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Tuesday for his role in the company's billion-dollar business fraud. In 2002 Yates pleaded guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to conspiracy and securities fraud charges for his part in a scheme to defraud investors by falsifying WorldCom's financial [...]
A three-judge panel of the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta overturned the convictions and sentences of five accused Cuban spies Tuesday, ruling that their trial in Miami was biased due to community prejudice and extensive media coverage. Ringleader Gerardo Hernandez's murder conspiracy conviction was also overturned. Hernandez was convicted for his role [...]
New Saudi King Abdullah has pardoned four activists jailed after criticizing the strict religious environment and the slow pace of democratic reform in Saudi Arabia. In June, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had called for the release of Ali al-Demaini, Abdullah al-Hamed and Matruk al-Faleh, but had been rebuffed. University Professor Saeed bin Mubarak [...]
Leading Tuesday's states brief, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today refused to block the implementation of Arizona's Proposition 200 , which denies some state public benefits to illegal immigrants and makes it a crime for public employees to fail to report undocumented immigrants who seek benefits outlined in the legislation. The panel said [...]