The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a controversial trial court judgment in favor of a plaintiff class of cattle ranchers claiming that defendant meat-packing companies underpaid them based on...
Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) , Wednesday expressed optimism after completing a two-day visit to Washington DC to speak with top US officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,...
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty Tuesday called for restrictions on media coverage of terrorism cases, saying that media disclosure should be delayed until judicial proceedings have been completed. In a speech entitled "Terrorism: Policing's New...
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted of false accounting by a Milan court on Wednesday. The charges were related to Berlusconi's membership in a group trying to buy the SME state food...
Kenyan opposition candidate Raila Odinga has condemned as illegal the latest "shoot to kill" order given to Kenyan police in response to continued violence across the country after last month's disputed presidential election , according to...
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Israeli government can continue to cut supplies of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip , rejecting legal challenges by human rights groups that...
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday refused to provide the Senate Judiciary Committee an opinion on whether waterboarding constitutes an illegal form of torture. Wednesday's hearing is Mukasey's first appearance before the Judiciary Committee...
Open letter from ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, January 30, 2008 . Read the full text of the letter . Reported...
The judicial panel of the UK House of Lords unanimously ruled Wednesday that a sexual assault victim could sue a convicted attacker who later won £7 million in the National Lottery even though the six-year limitation for...
Ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry labeled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf an "extremist" on Wednesday, chiding Musharraf for deposing 60 judges, slandering judges, and keeping Chaudhry under house arrest . The government of Pakistan...