Federal appeals court dismisses New York City lawsuit against gun manufacturers
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the city of New York against gun manufacturers, ruling that gun makers were immune from suit under a 2005 federal law...
Supreme Court rules in federally mandated ICJ compliance, arbitration review cases
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Tuesday, including Medellin v. Texas , where the Court ruled that President Bush does not have the authority to...
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Monday, including Kimbrough v. United States , where the Court overturned a federal appeals court ruling on whether a...
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will be sentenced next week for ordering a 2000 warrantless search on the apartment of the wife of former Peruvian Intelligence Director Vladimiro Montesino , according to a...
Italy court affirms terror conviction of suspect also charged in 2004 Madrid bombings
An Italian appeals court on Monday affirmed the conviction of Egyptian Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed for belonging to an international terrorist network, but reduced his sentence from ten years to eight. Ahmed was convicted on charges separate...
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet granted amnesty to 8,066 prisoners, officials from the President's Office said Tuesday. The prisoners, who are expected to be released over the next two days, include 11 individuals convicted of national...
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff on Wednesday began serving his six-year prison sentence on fraud and conspiracy charges. Abramoff will serve his sentence at a minimum-security facility in Cumberland, MD, a location close to the Washington, DC prosecutors...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Gonzales v. Carhart , 05-380, and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood [Duke...
Appeals court blocks US handover of American to Iraqis before high court ruling
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Iraqi-American Mohammed Munaf had to be given ten days to appeal his case to the US Supreme Court and then the high court had to be accorded...
Israel treatment of Palestinian prisoners defies international law: Israeli rights group
Israel is breaching international humanitarian law and is violating the rights of Palestinians by placing severe restrictions on family visits with Palestinian prisoners, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'Tselem) said in...
