The 5-member US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously Tuesday to support an overhaul of its rules governing how executive compensation packages are disclosed to investors, a top priority of Chairman Christopher Cox [official...
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Gonzales v. Oregon, Supreme Court of the United States, January 17, 2006 [upholding 7-2 Oregon's Death with Dignity Act and ruling that the federal Controlled Substances Act does not allow the US Attorney General to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission , where the court will decide whether the federal Bipartisan Campaign...
Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek requested Tuesday that a court return Mehmet Ali Agca , the man who shot Pope John Paul II , to prison for at least 11 more months. Agca had...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) on Tuesday introduced a proposal which will restrict the gifts Congressmen may receive from lobbyists. The ethics reform plan is in response to the recent...
The UK Terrorism Bill proposal , introduced following last year's July 7 London bombings, suffered two defeats Tuesday in the House of Lords as peers voted against introducing a "glorification" of terrorism offense and called for more...
The British government Tuesday denied allegations that a government memo documenting a conversation between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George Bush included a suggestion to bomb the Aljazeera headquarters, after the news agency...
A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the failed London bombing attempts on July 21, 2005 after police searched two residential buildings and one place of business. The 27-year old was arrested on suspicion of...
A California school district has agreed to stop teaching a philosophy class discussing intelligent design theory as part of a settlement agreement filed Tuesday, according to the legal director for...
South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has established a policy to prosecute political crimes committed during apartheid in South Africa by individuals who were denied amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) ....
