Iraqi political parties have filed at least six challenges to the results of the Jan. 30 elections, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq reported Tuesday. The Commission has given parties until Wednesday to challenge the election results...
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has refused to respond to charges by a former intelligence officer that the Australian government knew of abuses by coalition troops in Iraq, despite claims to the contrary. Rod Barton, formerly an...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that two British activists found guilty in the UK of libel against fast food chain McDonald's did not have a fair trial and were deprived of their...
International Committee of the Red Cross president Jakob Kellenberger met with President Bush Monday to discuss ICRC concerns about detainees at Guantanamo Bay . The Red Cross regularly visits the detainees...
The US Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has said that former head of the UN Oil-for-Food program Benon Sevan made over $1 million from allocating oil from Saddam Hussein's...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, Feb. 15.The US Senate convenes at 9:45 AM ET today and is scheduled to consider the nomination of Judge Michael Chertoff...
Baltimore Sun Co. v. Ehrlich et al., District Court for the Northern District of Maryland, Judge William D. Quarles Jr., February 14, 2005 [dismissing a lawsuit brought by the Baltimore Sun challenging an order from Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich...
As he promised in December , President Bush announced Monday that he has re-nominated for federal judgeships some 20 candidates whose initial nominations failed, and who generally were derided by Democrats as too right-wing on a...
In the first trip by a Serbian leader through the province since the end of civil war in 1999, President Boris Tadic has forcefully asserted his country's claim to Kosovo, which has been run by...
Incoming US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has added to his DOJ staff three of his former aides from the White House Counsel's office. When he took over earlier this month as Attorney General, Gonzales brought...
