Following up a story reported Friday on JURIST's Paper Chase, Mexico City mayor and presidential hopeful Manuel Lopez Obrador announced to reporters outside of his home Saturday that he will surrender to authorities as soon as...

In an address to the San Francisco Commonwealth Club public affairs forum Friday, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski said that ample evidence exists to prove the use of torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib prison was...

During the weekly Democratic radio address Saturday, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid defended his party's position in the current battle between Democrats and Republicans over President Bush's judicial nominees and procedures used...

The CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce Friday called for the US Department of Justice to investigate allegations of widespread fraud in asbestos lawsuits. The letter sent by Thomas Donohue alleges that lawyers and...

In a letter sent to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Thursday, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, slammed the Defense Department's proposed changes to the guidelines concerning the detention of enemy combatants for violating protections outlined...

While in Rome for the funeral of Pope John Paul II, House Republican leader Tom DeLay has expressed his continued disappointment with federal judges, saying they have "run amok". Speaking by videotape Thursday to attendees at the...

The Justice Department announced late Thursday that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will not oversee the Enron criminal proceedings . While no reason was given for the decision, Gonzales did legal work for Enron...

A US military judge ruled Friday that Army sergeant Hasan Akbar is competent to stand trial for a grenade attack that killed two Army officers in Kuwait in 2003 . Sgt. Akbar faces multiple charges of premeditated murder...

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday rejected the official results of national parliamentary elections held Thursday. The official tally gave President Robert Mugabe's ruling party 74 seats, while Tsvangirai's party, the Movement for Democratic Change , is said...

Kyrgyzstan's deposed president Askar Akayev agreed Saturday to resign. Earlier in the day, the Kyrgyz Supreme Court had ruled that presidential elections would proceed on June 26 whether Akayev formally resigned or not. Under current law, a...