KGW.com in Portland, OR, is reporting that the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Bush administration challenge to Oregon's Death with Dignity Act , which allows assisted suicide. The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...

UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke announced Tuesday a revised version of proposed anti-terror laws that place suspects under house arrest in an attempt to rush the legislation through Parliament. Under the Prevention of Terrorism Bill , terror...

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan defended the UN as being of "vital importance to humanity" as the body struggles to emerge from the cloud of the Oil-for-Food Program scandal. Annan's views were published in a...

Iraqi women face increased violence and more restrictions on freedom in the period after Saddam Hussein's regime was toppled, according to an Amnesty International report released Tuesday. Amnesty found that systematic repression of women common under Saddam's...

A spokesman for the militant Forces for National Liberation (FNL) said Tuesday that the rebel group will not disrupt a referendum on Burundi's new constitution, scheduled to be held later this month. The referendum, part of the peace process...

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei withdrew his list of cabinet nominees Tuesday and promised to name a new team after parliament expressed strong opposition to his proposed cabinet. MPs criticized Qurei's selections, saying that the cabinet...

A Spanish court has issued an international arrest warrant for former Guatemalan military ruler Romeo Lucas Garcia, sources said Monday. Garcia, who now suffers from Alzheimer's disease, is wanted in connection with a 1980 siege against the Spanish embassy...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, Feb. 22.The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In...

Civil Partnerships Bill, UK Parliament, became law November 2004 [granting same-sex couples the right to form legally binding partnerships and have the same tax and pension benefits as married couples; the British government announced February 21, 2005 that registration of...

For the first time since 1954, the US Supreme Court will consider the issue of eminent domain when a group of New London, CT homeowners argue Tuesday against the city's attempt to take their property for private...