The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Randall v. Sorrell to decide whether Vermont's Act 64 campaign law , which places strict caps on campaign contributions and spending,...
The UK House of Lords Tuesday voted by a margin of 160-156 to remove references to the "glorification" of terrorism from the Terrorism Bill , proposed after the London bombings last...
The 12th General Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) ended Tuesday with members of Arab states calling on the United Nations to adopt a resolution which bans offenses against religion, including Islam....
Algerian Islamist Rachid Ramda has gone on trial in France for his alleged role in several deadly bomb attacks in Paris in 1995. Ramda was arrested in Britain in 1995, but delayed his extradition ten...
One inmate was killed and three others wounded Tuesday as Afghan police fired on rioters trying to push down a gate at a Kabul prison, ending a day-long truce at the tense facility. Negotiations between the parties...
America Online (AOL) has filed three lawsuits in federal court in Virginia against international groups that allegedly stole information from AOL users, violating Virgina's anti-"phishing" law, the first of its kind in the US....
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton has indicated that he may offer a compromise over requests by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for access to classified information in his trial on perjury charges...
The Utah House of Representatives Monday voted down a much-watched bill that would have challenged the teaching of evolution in high school science classes in the conservative state. The so-called "Origin of Life" bill as initially presented would...
The trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein resumed in Baghdad Tuesday with prosecutors at the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal - continuing to present their case on charges...
The Bush administration has rejected a request by a group of House Democrats asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate NSA spying on people within the United States. In a letter ...