The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in three cases, including Winter, et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. , 07-1239, in which the...
Attorneys for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Tuesday seeking to delay the transfer of...
The United Nations will not open an investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told reporters Tuesday. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari [official...
Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Tuesday from Mexico to Guatemala, where he is accused of authorizing transfers of $15.8 million from the budget of the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense during his presidency from...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Tuesday arrested more than 300 people suspected of being illegal aliens during an immigration sting at a Columbia Farms poultry processing plant in South Carolina. ICE officials...
Lawyers providing free legal advice to parents of children in China sickened by tainted milk products have been pressured by Chinese officials to stop providing legal services, according to one of the lawyers speaking to the Associated...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Tuesday that it has begun an agency review of US financial accounting procedures, including "mark-to-market" rules, pursuant to the recently-passed $700 billion financial rescue bill...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three cases, including two raising issues of criminal procedure. In Herring v. United States , 07-513, the Court will decide whether...
A US district judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to release 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , ruling that the Constitution forbids their indefinite detention without cause. In...
Thirteen United Nations experts on Monday urged the international community to respect the rights of detainees . The statement of the 13 special rapporteurs, including Philip Alston , the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary...