Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin testified Thursday before a judicial inquiry commission on his role in a corrupt government program originally intended to promote national unity following a close referendum on separation by Quebec....

The Federal Aviation Administration received numerous warnings of al-Qaida's hopes to hijack airplanes in the months prior to September 11, according to a previously unreleased report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States...

The US Senate is not expected to vote on the nomination of Judge Michael Chertoff as Secretary of Homeland Security until some time next week as several senators have requested access to an uncensored...

As previously expected , Germany's Federal Prosecutor Thursday rejected calls to investigate US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for possible war crimes stemming from US abuse of prisoners in Iraq. The New...

Ukraine's attorney general, Svyatoslav Piskun, said Wednesday in an article published in Austria's Der Standard newspaper that he has evidence that newly-elected President Viktor Yushchenko was deliberately poisoned last year, and that it was probably...

The Bush administration asked the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit late Wednesday to expeditiously decide whether Guantanamo detainees can challenge their confinement in court. Two district court judges recently issued conflicting rulings on the...

For the first time publicly, North Korea acknowledged Thursday that it has nuclear weapons, and said it has pulled out of a six-nation negotiation aimed at persuading the communist country to abandon its nuclear ambitions....

The White House gave approval late on Wednesday to the REAL ID Act , a House bill which would prevent immigrants from being able to use state driver's license to board airplanes and entering federal buildings. The bill...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Feb. 10.The US Senate convenes this morning at 9:30 AM ET, and it will continue debate on S. 5 ,...

European Union Bill, as approved at second reading by the UK House of Commons, February 9, 2005 . Review the full...