An American-born Israeli soldier who refused to participate in the evacuation of settlers from Gaza will face a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday, pending a possible continuance by his lawyer. Cpl. Avi Bieber was pulled away by...

A Milan judge Tuesday sentenced 11 men to up to two and a half years in jail for their roles in one of Europe's biggest financial scandals, the 2003 collapse of Parmalat . Based...

A Muslim Russian national held at Guantanamo from summer 2002 to February 2004 has filed a lawsuit against the US government alleging rights abuses. At a press conference on Tuesday in Moscow Airat Vakhitov - formerly...

Pakistan's Supreme Court Tuesday overturned the acquittals of 13 men in a gang-rape case and ordered them re-arrested after an appeal by the victim, Mukhtar Mai . The attack was supposedly ordered by village elders in...

National Cable and Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services, et al.; FCC v. Brand X Internet Services, et al., Supreme Court of the United States, June 27, 2005 [ruling 6-3 that broadband cable modem companies are allowed to keep...

Castle Rock v. Gonzales, Supreme Court of the United States, June 27, 2005 [ruling 7-2 that a woman whose estranged husband murdered her three children did not have a constitutional right to police enforcement of the restraining order in place...

Van Orden v. Perry, United States Supreme Court, June 27, 2005 . Excerpt from the opinion, by Chief Justice Rehnquist:The placement of the Ten...

MGM Studios v. Grokster, United States Supreme Court, June 27, 2005 . Excerpt...

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, Supreme Court of the United States, June 27, 2005 [ruling 5-4 that Kentucky counties that had put framed copies of the Ten Commandments in county courthouses and schools were in violation of the Establishment...

World Prison Population List, King's College International Centre for Prison Studies, June 27, 2005. Excerpt:Over 9 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been convicted and sentenced. Almost half...