A German court on Wednesday announced that the trial of Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel will restart on February 9, with a verdict expected sometime in March. Zundel's trial was postponed in November after Judge Ulrich Meinerzhagen fired one of Zundel's defense lawyers . Germany has charged Zundel with incitement, libel and disparaging the dead in [...]

Saidjahan Zainabiddinov, an Uzbek human rights activist who witnessed an violent uprising in Andijan last May has been put on trial on charges of undermining the constitutional system and assisting terrorism for aiding journalists covering the uprising and telephoning foreign embassies. Zainabiddinov gave eyewitness accounts of the incident which took place when thousands of protesters [...]

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday sent memos to immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals informing them that he has ordered a review of US immigration courts. Gonzales said the review was necessary because of the poor quality of work and discourteous conduct of an increasing number of the judges employed by [...]

The New Jersey Legislature has passed two bills that, if enacted into law, will increase the legal rights of same-sex couples . In one bill, same-sex couples will have the same rights as married couples regarding inheritance and funeral arrangements; in the second, gay couples will have access to health benefits if one partner works [...]

The terror suspect detention facility at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay marked its fourth anniversary Wednesday, the same day military tribunals for suspected terrorists resumed after a year-long hiatus. Separate proceedings were scheduled for Ali Hamza al Bahlul, a Yemeni citizen accused of working as a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden, and Canadian [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that a death sentence can stand in some circumstances even when the sentencing jury relied in part on a factor later found invalid. In Brown v. Sanders , the Court considered the appeal of convicted murderer Ronald Sanders, sentenced to death in by a California jury in 1982. [...]

Burundi's Justice Minister Clotilde Niragira said Tuesday that 673 political prisoners held for alleged crimes related to Burundi's 12-year civil war have been released. Niragira said that those released will face a special commission that will determine whether the prisoners committed abuses and crimes during the civil war in the central African country. More than [...]

Transcript of Day 2 of confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., nominated to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, January 10, 2006. Read the full text transcript as provided to AP by CQ Transcriptions, LLC .

A group of parents filed a lawsuit against Frazier Mountain High School on Tuesday, arguing that a religion-based class teaching an alternative to evolution should be removed from the curriculum because it violates the US Constitution. The suit claims that the class, taught by a minister's wife, violates separation of church and state and attempts [...]

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday defended his use of criminal defamation lawsuits to silence critics of his ruling Cambodian People's Party , claiming the lawsuits were in response to unjust accusations. The US and other countries have voiced opposition to the arrests for defamation of Kem Sokha, director of the Cambodian Center for [...]