Jordan's State Security Court on Tuesday convicted three Iraqis for smuggling weapons into the country as part of a plan to attack US and Israeli targets. The three were charged with importing weapons including grenades, rockets and automatic rifles. They escaped a death sentence after the court concluded there was not enough evidence to convict [...]

A jury has delivered a $90 million verdict against Clear Channel Communications for interfering with another promoter's attempts to host motorcycle racing events in Chicago. The verdict, handed down Monday, rejected an antitrust claim against Clear Channel, but jurors found that Clear Channel interfered with JamSports' negotiations to hold an American Motorcycle Association race in [...]

FBI agents at Guantanamo Bay concluded the military's aggressive interrogation policy yielded intelligence that was "suspect at best," according to a newly released FBI document . The report on Gitmo interrogations comes from an internal FBI e-mail from May 10, 2004. The e-mail also reported that FBI officials had informed Defense Department officials in 2002 [...]

Several Indonesian human rights groups have criticized the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz for the World Bank presidency, citing his failure to oppose the Suharto dictatorship during his ambassadorship in Indonesia in the 1980s. The Indonesian National Human Rights Commission and the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development both spoke out against the nomination. According to [...]

Kyrgyzstan election officials certified parliamentary election results Tuesday, despite ongoing fierce protests and international criticism. The election commission published results for 69 of 75 parliamentary seats up for election in February, with President Askar Akayev's supporters overwhelmingly beating opposition candidates. Protests in the south have turned violent, with opposition forces taking over several cities, forcing [...]

Egyptian prosecutors on Tuesday charged presidential candidate Ayman Nour with forging signatures to obtain recognition for his party, Al-Ghad. The charges come several months after Nour was arrested, a move that drew intense international criticism. Nour, an ardent supporter of multi-candidate elections in Egypt , was arrested in January, but then released on bail earlier [...]

Britain's Constitutional Affairs Secretary and Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer Monday unveiled a British government plan to strip the legal profession of its right to regulate itself, saying that the current system for handling complaints lacks transparency and gives the impression of self-interest. Falconer's proposals follow public consultations held by the UK Department for Constitutional Affairs [...]

Schiavo v. Schiavo, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Judge James Whittemore, March 22, 2005 . Read the 13-page order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Reaction to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's In Larger Freedom report outlining his plans to reform the UN has been mixed. Annan is calling for an expanded Security Council membership, the establishment of a new Human Rights Council to replace the current Commission on Human Rights, clarification on the use of military force, a condemnation of [...]

CBS WTSP-TV 10 in Tampa is reporting that US District Judge James Whittemore has refused to order the re-insertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, saying that the brain-damaged Florida woman's parents had not established a "substantial likelihood of success" at trial on the merits of their arguments. 7:40 AM ET – Read Judge Whittemore's 13-page [...]