The World Tribunal on Iraq an unofficial grouping of antiwar activists and intellectuals who have held some 20 meetings around the world over the last two years, concluded its final session in Istanbul Monday by...
A Spanish prosecutor Monday called for legal rather than military means of fighting the war on terror during closing arguments in the trial of three men suspected of aiding the 9/11 attacks. Apparently referring to US strategy...
The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld an FCC determination that broadband cable modem companies are free from the mandatory regulations that apply to common-carriers. The 6-3 ruling means cable companies are allowed to keep rival...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that police officers are immune from suits based on how they enforce restraining orders. In a 7-2 decision the Court said that a woman whose estranged husband murdered her three children did not...
The US Supreme Court recessed for the summer Monday morning without any announcement from Chief Justice William Rehnquist on his possible retirement from the bench after 33 years of service. Speculation had been rife that the ailing...
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Ten Commandments can be displayed on the grounds of a state capitol building. The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had previously ruled in Van Orden v. Perry [Northwestern University...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that developers of software violate federal copyright law when they provide computer users with the ability to share music and movie files downloaded from the internet. Read the Court's opinion . AP...
Dennis Rader , charged with 10 murders that took place between 1974 and 1991 as the "bind, torture, kill" (BTK) killer, pleaded guilty on Monday as his trial began in Wichita, Kansas. Prosecutors said before...
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in courthouses. The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky that Kentucky counties that had...
A Greek prosecutor launched an investigation on Monday to probe possible Greek involvement in the Srebrenica killings in Bosnia in 1995 . Several Bosnian Serbs have already been arrested for their roles. Many of the...