An investigation conducted by the US Navy Criminal Investigation Services has found no evidence to support allegations that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainees were abused. In a letter written to Australian Prime Minister John Howard released Saturday, Principal Deputy US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry noted that a exhaustive year-long inquiry undertaken at the [...]

The Iraqi Special Tribunal announced Sunday that it has filed its first formal criminal charge against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in connection with the 1982 killing of some 150 Shiites in the village of Dujail in retribution for an assassination attempt. Press reports anticipated last month that the Dujail case would be the first [...]

Egyptian security officials hedged Saturday on their willingness to comply with a request by British officials for the extradition of Magdy Mahmoud Mustafa el-Nashar, currently detained in Cairo in connection with the July 7 bombings in London . Egypt and Britain do not have an extradition treaty, and comments from Egyptian Prosecutor General Maher Abdel [...]

The Kyrgyz Constitutional Court Saturday declared interim Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev the winner of the Kyrgyz presidential election, held on July 10 after the resignation of former president Askar Akayev . Article 45 of the Kyrgyz Constitution mandates that the Constitutional Court review the results after they are certified by the country's Central Election Commission [...]

In his weekly radio address , President Bush Saturday described his model candidate to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as "a fair-minded individual who represents the mainstream of American law and American values" and "will pledge to faithfully interpret the Constitution and laws of our country." He also called on Senate leaders from both [...]

French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy stated Friday that France will continue to punish anyone preaching militant Islam in France with deportation. For over a year now, France has formally embraced a deportation policy for anyone using Islam to incite violence . There are fears among the French Muslim community that the decision will fuel anti-Islamic [...]

A report submitted by Switzerland Friday to the UN General Assembly in its capacity as guardian of the Geneva Conventions called on Israel to promise disassembly of the West Bank Security Fence if and when the threat of Palestinian suicide bombings subsides. The report also urged swift action by the Palestinian authority to continue efforts [...]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency , et al., United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, July 15, 2005 . Excerpt: A "determination of endangerment to public health," the court said in Ethyl, "is necessarily a question of policy that is to be based on an assessment of [...]

An official from the Iraqi Special Tribunal established to try Saddam Hussein said Saturday that no date has been set for the former dictator's trial, despite a report earlier this week that the date would be set soon . Responding to reports that the trial could take place in the next two months, the official [...]

The US military command in Iraq Saturday announced charges against eleven US soldiers for violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice by assaulting several suspected insurgents. The charges were filed Wednesday and came after another soldier provided information on the alleged abuse. The Army's Criminal Investigation Division. is investigating to determine if the troops will [...]