The Bulgarian Parliament voted Wednesday to open the archives of the nation's former communist secret service in order to disclose information about 29 categories of people who currently hold or have held positions of responsibility...

The US Supreme Court heard no oral arguments Wednesday despite it being a scheduled argument day, an unusual development reflecting a gap in its docket caused by a decrease in the number of cases...

US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , and current ranking member of the committee Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) have introduced a bill which would restore...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed into law a controversial bill that eliminates a rule requiring at least 50 percent of voters to turn out in order for poll results to be validated. Putin...

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli resigned Wednesday after admitting that he gave incorrect testimony to a Canadian House of Commons committee about the Maher Arar case....

The US Senate unanimously passed the Secure Access to Justice and Court Protection Act Wednesday, a bill that will increase security measures for judges both in and out of courtrooms across the...

The Iraq Study Group (ISG) recommended Wednesday that the Bush administration provide "strong" support and funding for US Justice Department efforts in Iraq "to establish courts; to train judges, prosecutors, and investigators; and to create...

US v. Belfast, US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, December 6, 2006 [indictment against the son of former Liberia president Charles Taylor on charges of committing torture in the first prosecution brought under a federal anti-torture statute...

The US House of Representatives Wednesday rejected by a vote of 250-162 a controversial bill that would have mandated medical practitioners to inform women seeking an abortion after 20 weeks of the pain the...

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa ordered the Zambian Police Service Wednesday to ban future rallies led by populist opposition politician Michael Sata , disregarding recommendations by national Solicitor-General Sunday Nkonde. Mwanawasa had ordered police to...