Mississippi Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon Monday denied a request for a new trial by lawyers for Edgar Ray Killen . Last week Killen was convicted of manslaughter for the 1964 killing of three civil rights workers in Mississippi and sentenced to 60 years in jail . His lawyers argued that the trial was for murder [...]

In a significant denial of certiorari Monday, the US Supreme Court refused to hear appeals from two reporters asking the Court to allow them to refuse to identify their sources and not risk facing fines or jail time. Matthew Cooper of TIME and Judith Miller of the New York Times face up to 18 months [...]

French interior minister Nicolas Sarcozy said Monday that the European Union should suspend any further enlargement given the strong rejection of the European Constitution by French and Dutch voters. The statement was understood to be directed mostly at Turkey as Sarcozy added that Bulgaria and Romania should be allowed to join because of the progress [...]

An Israeli military tribunal Monday convicted former Israeli soldier Taysir Hayb of manslaughter in connection with the killing of Tom Hurndall , a British peace activist . Hurndall was shot while helping Palestinian children avoid gunfire in Gaza. His family was barred from entering Israel to view the trial, which a source in the Israeli [...]

Lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo Bay say they are frustrated by delays that have prevented any court hearings for their clients, despite a US Supreme Court order from almost a year ago that granted them access to US courts . Differing interpretations of the order have stalled appeals from detainees, with a ruling still months [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to sign into a law a measure passed by both houses of the Russian parliament that will abolish the country's inheritance tax, according to reports on Monday. After Putin made the proposal in an April address his plan was swiftly enacted, receiving 414 votes of approval in the 450-seat [...]

The World Tribunal on Iraq an unofficial grouping of antiwar activists and intellectuals who have held some 20 meetings around the world over the last two years, concluded its final session in Istanbul Monday by releasing a scathing preliminary declaration insisting that the Iraq war was an illegal war of aggression based on false information, [...]

A Spanish prosecutor Monday called for legal rather than military means of fighting the war on terror during closing arguments in the trial of three men suspected of aiding the 9/11 attacks. Apparently referring to US strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq, he said "We don't need wars. We don't need detention camps, but rather this [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld an FCC determination that broadband cable modem companies are free from the mandatory regulations that apply to common-carriers. The 6-3 ruling means cable companies are allowed to keep rival internet providers from using their lines, a decision that lessens competition and consumer choice. The decision is likely to [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that police officers are immune from suits based on how they enforce restraining orders. In a 7-2 decision the Court said that a woman whose estranged husband murdered her three children did not have a constitutional right to police enforcement of the restraining order in place against her husband. [...]