The Santiago Appeals Court, the intermediate appellate jurisdiction in Chile, stripped former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet of immunity Tuesday so he can face charges of tax fraud in connection with as much as $17 million...

A Jordanian appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Jordanian man for financing al Qaeda-linked terrorist Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi in an opinion obtained by the Associated Press Tuesday. According to the Court of Cassation [Jordian Judicial Branch...

A three-judge panel of the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld two Florida laws that require sex offenders to register with the state and submit a DNA sample after release from prison. A group...

Closing arguments began Tuesday in a US government lawsuit filed against tobacco companies over five years ago. The suit went to trial eight months ago and is expected to wrap up this week. Federal prosecutors filed suit ...

Washington state GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi announced late Monday that he would not appeal the ruling of a Washington state judge upholding the heavily disputed 2004 gubernatorial election of Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire [official...

Speaking at a UN press conference Monday Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said that the US Senate would confirm John Bolton as the new US ambassador to the UN by the "tiniest" of margins. Bolton,...

Bolivian President Carlos Mesa tendered his resignation late Monday for the second time in four months following weeks of protests throughout the country. The Bolivian Congress rejected his first attempt to...

The US Senate is expected next week to approve a resolution apologizing for its historical failure to pass anti-lynching legislation. Senate filibusters blocked over 200 such bills in the first half of the 20th century. The resolution expresses...

The FBI Monday issued a preliminary report showing that the nation's murder rate dropped 3.6 percent in 2004, while violent crimes were down 1.7 percent. Property crimes also fell 1.8 percent. The murder rate had previously...

A treaty designed to encourage regional cooperation among Balkan states in war crimes trials appeared unlikely to materialize after Croatia on Tuesday ruled out allowing extraditions of suspects. The treaty, drafted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in...