NATO General Steven Schook told reporters Wednesday that he believes that allied forces are very close to capturing former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic . Often referred to as one of the world's most wanted men, Karadzic is accused of leading the slaughter of thousands of Bosnian Muslims and Croats in July 1995, and has [...]

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled today that faculty at a parochial school cannot join the Michigan Education Association, the state's largest teacher's union, because the legislature did not intend to grant the Michigan Employment Relations Commission jurisdiction over teachers at parochial schools. In 2003, after cuts in teacher's compensation, approximately [...]

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, Newsweek is reporting that the New York Stock Exchange may settle with former CEO Richard Grasso for $25 million. The NYSE is attempting to recoup some of the $187 million compensation package Grasso received from the NYSE when he left the exchange in 2003. In addition to his [...]

Ohio Governor Bob Taft was charged Wednesday with criminal misdemeanors for failing to acknowledge nearly 70 golf outings and other favors. The charges stem from a two-month investigation by a task force of Ohio authorities and come three months after Taft stressed at a conference the importance of ethical behavior for public employees. Taft released [...]

AP is reporting that the American Bar Association has given US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts a "well-qualified" rating, the highest recommendation given by the ABA to judicial nominees. An ABA committee was formed in July to review whether the "well-qualified" rating earned by Roberts when he was nominated for the US Court of Appeals [...]

The family of Brazilian citizen Jean Charles de Menezes, mistakenly killed by police who thought they were pursuing a July 21 London bombing suspect, called Wednesday for a public investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting. The family also wants the shooters charged with murder and have called for the resignation of London Metropolitan Police [...]

Indian law minister H.R. Bharadwaj said Wednesday that the country’s 130 million Muslims must choose whether to abide by fatwas issued by Islamic family courts. The comments came in the wake of a petition filed by lawyer Vishwa Lochan Madan calling for the Supreme Court of India to demand the elimination of all Islamic courts [...]

Pakistani police on Wednesday charged militant Mohammad Hashim Qadir in connection with the 2002 kidnapping and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl . Qadir was picked up last month for involvement in the killing of a man on June 5, and was later questioned for his alleged role in the Pearl case. He is believed [...]

US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, denounced Tuesday the "radical" views of US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts and claimed that Roberts worked to reverse "decades of policies on civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, privacy, and access to justice." Leahy's remarks came one day after the release of [...]

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan , in a report to the UN Security Council, has accused Sudanese rebels of taking part in kidnappings, extortions and thefts, causing the already unstable Darfur region to become even more lawless. Annan said that currently more than 3 million people were in need of humanitarian aid and another 2 million [...]