Fears have arisen in The Netherlands over the safety of Dutch Integration Minister Rita Verdonk after police Friday arrested seven people suspected of planning to assassinate two other Dutch politicians named on a Islamist "hit list" pinned to the body of assassinated Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh last November. Last week Verdonk triggered outrage in [...]

Military prosecutors have re-charged US Army Second Lt. Erick Anderson in connection with the killing of a wounded Iraqi teenager in August 2004, according to Anderson's uncle. Anderson and the other soldiers involved in what witnesses described as a rescue attempt say the teen was inside a burning truck and they decided the best course [...]

US and local Iraqi sources suggested Sunday that the draft Iraqi constitution was heading towards approval after initial vote counts in Saturday's referendum . No formal results have as yet been issued, but local election officials described returns that would likely allow the charter to avoid defeat by two-thirds of voters in three of Iraq's [...]

New York Times reporter Judith Miller wrote in an extensive article published on the Times website Saturday that although the special prosecutor investigating the leak of the identity of CIA analyst Valerie Plame pressed her during grand jury testimony on details about her meetings with Dick Cheney aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the weeks [...]

Toledo Ohio police arrested at least 60 people Saturday after rioting broke out following the cancellation of a planned march by American Nazis through a Toledo neighborhood. The march by the National Socialist Movement, which calls itself "America's Nazi Party", had been organized to highlight what party members called "black criminal behavior" in a neighborhood [...]

Anti-terrorism Bill 2005 , Commonwealth of Australia. Posted online by ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, October 14, 2005. Review the full text of the draft legislation . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. ALSO ON JURIST  Topic: Terrorism | Topic: Australia

Press conference on the trial of Saddam Hussein, Chief Investigating Judge Ra'id Juhi, Iraqi Special Tribunal, October 13, 2005. Read the full transcript via MNF-Iraq. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has posted disparaging material about Texas DA Ronnie Earle and his case against DeLay on his congressional campaign website. The website, funded by DeLay’s re-election committee and not associated officially with the House, currently accuses Earle of political maneuvering and abuse of his office. Although legal experts say [...]

A draft of new Australian terror laws leaked to the Web by Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Jon Stanhope includes severe provisions, including a jail sentence of up to 7 years for promoting “ill will” or “hostility” among different social and political groups. Stanhope posted the draft laws on his website, saying that the Australian [...]

An official of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission said late Saturday that turnout in the country's referendum on the draft Iraqi constitution was "no less than 61%", and that more than 66% of voters cast ballots in 7 of Iraq's 18 provinces, including three Sunni-dominated provinces deemed critical to the outcome of the poll. From Baghdad, [...]