Following the UK's lead , Poland announced Tuesday that it may delay a scheduled October vote on the embattled European Constitution . Although France and the Netherlands had already voted agains ratifying the document, French President...

Majority Shiite members of the special parlimentary committee mandated to draft the charter for Iraq's constitution have balked at Sunni calls for greater representation in the constitutional process, with some urging that the body simply get on...

A former top executive in Berkshire Hathaway's Gen Re insurance group, will plead guilty later this week to one count of conspiracy, according to his lawyer. John Houldsworth is charged with conspiring to misstate the...

The Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) has denied recent reports that the trial of Saddam Hussein is imminent, perhaps getting underway in the next two months with the first...

A New York state housing group claimed in a report released Monday that nearly half of the real estate agencies in New York City's northern suburbs treated blacks and Hispanics unfairly, according to recent tests. The...

New York-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch Tuesday accused the Uzbekistan government of attempting to cover up May a "massacre" in the city of Andijan by blocking an inquiry into the killing of protestors last month by government troops...

Alaska v. US, United States Supreme Court, June 6, 2005 . Excerpt from the Opinion by Justice Kennedy:In sum we...

Borders, et al. versus King County, et al., oral decision by Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges, June 6, 2005 [rejecting the Republican challenge to Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire and upholding the 2004 gubernatorial election results that put her...

Spector et al. v. Norwegian Cruise Lines Ltd., United States Supreme Court, June 6, 2005 [ruling that foreign cruise ships in US waters and ports are subject to federal civil rights and disability law, overturning a Fifth Circuit Court of...

Gonzales v. Raich, United States Supreme Court, June 6, 2005 . Excerpt from the Opinion by Justice Stevens:Given the...