Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday suspended primary elections of his ruling Fatah movement amid election fraud said to be prevalent in Gaza and the West Bank. Primaries in the Gaza Strip were cancelled...

Ecuador's new Supreme Court justices are set to be sworn in during a ceremony in front of the international monitors that oversaw their selection. The 31-justice court has been without permanent members since last December,...

President George W. Bush Monday called for more stringent Mexican border controls and rejected the idea that his immigration proposals would allow amnesty for illegal immigrants, while at the same time vowing to keep the US "a welcoming...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Nepal Supreme Court has issued a stay order preventing the Nepalese Ministry of Information and Communication from enforcing its decision to close down Radio Sagarmatha for carrying BBC's...

Government's proposed jury questionnaire, US v. Zacarias Moussaoui, November 29, 2005 . Read the full text of the proposed questionnaire . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

US v. Randall Harold Cunningham, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, plea agreement with the US Attorney, November 28, 2005 [US Representative Randall "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA); guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Germany, Romania, and the European Union headquarters in Brussels next week in an attempt to defuse increasing pressure by the EU to respond to allegations that the...

Canadian legislators voted Monday night to defeat the Liberal minority government on a no-confidence motion proposed by the three opposition parties. The 171 to 133 House of Commons vote forces Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin ...

Federal prosecutors filed a proposed jury questionnaire in US district court Monday requesting permission to ask questions regarding the religious beliefs of potential jurors in the case against Zacarias Moussaoui for his...

Margaret Bradshaw, Warden v. Kenneth T. Richey, Supreme Court of the United States, November 28, 2005 [summarily reversing a federal appeals court decision that erased the conviction and death sentence of a dual US and British citizen for setting...