The British government Tuesday weathered an attempt by opposition MPs and some Labour Party backbenchers to stop its proposed Racial and Religious Hatred Bill when an amendment to block the bill failed by...

The White House Tuesday snubbed a proposal to create an independent commission to look into detainee abuse at US detention facilities, especially Guantanamo. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan pointed to some 10 previous investigations and maintained...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the New York Stock Exchange has announced that it is investigating the possibility that more traders have acted inappropriately. In April, 17 NYSE traders were charged with securities fraud violations...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether abortion clinics should be allowed to pursue their challenge to the state's abortion "implied consent" law , which requires women seeking an...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka , Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme , as Special Envoy to Zimbabwe to investigate the continuing mass evictions [JURIST...

A military court sentenced 12 French soldiers to prison for up to one year on Tuesday for robbing an Ivory Coast bank regularly while stationed with France's Licorne Force backing up a...

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a stroke Tuesday and was taken to the hospital a day before the Santiago Appeals Court was to consider whether he could be tried for crimes against his...

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Tuesday ruled that the US Securities and Exchange Commission should reconsider its rule that requires mutual funds to be run by boards with independent chairmen....

Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Tuesday that holding a planned referendum in Poland on the EU constitution in October was "unrealistic." Kwasniewski, set to leave office after his second term expires this October, said...

The American Civil Liberties Union released a report Tuesday describing what it calls an "assault on scientific and academic freedom" by the Bush Administration. The report purports to detail how the US government has attacked...