US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales addressed lawyers attending the annual meeting of the American Bar Association Monday, arguing for support of several controversial legal issues on the Bush administration's agenda. Gonzales urged the group to endorse Supreme Court nominee John Roberts as strongly as it had when Bush named him to a federal appeals court [...]

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Jailed Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji has ended his eight-week hunger strike in response to concerns of family and friends for his deteriorating health, a spokesman for Iran's judiciary said Tuesday. Ganji has been imprisoned since April 2000 and was sentenced to six years in prison in 2001 for "collecting confidential information harmful to national security [...]

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Palestinian Chief Justice Zuhair Sourani has said he is retracting his Saturday resignation in reaction to promises made by President Mahmoud Abbas to increase protection of Palestinian courts and judges. Lawyers and judges shut down the Palestinian legal system Saturday, protesting against recent attacks on senior legal officials including a bomb attack against the homes [...]

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