International brief ~ Mugabe orders halt to mass evictions and arrests
Leading Thursday's international brief, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has announced a halt to the current nationwide police crackdown against illegal and black market merchants and unauthorized dwellings that has allegedly resulted in the eviction and/or...
A chance encounter in 1970 started the friendship that ultimately created "Deep Throat", Watergate Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward wrote in a WashPost article Thursday. On Tuesday, former FBI deputy director W. Mark Felt was confirmed [JURIST...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Exit poll says Dutch reject EU constitution by large margin
An exit poll announced on Dutch state television indicates that Dutch voters have overwhelmingly rejected the EU constitution 63 to 37 percent. AP has more.4:05 PM ET - BBC News has posted a Q &...
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, sentenced Tuesday to nine years in jail for fraud and tax evasion, will appeal the verdict but his lawyers say they do not expect the appeal to be considered until...
Real IRA member Sean Gerard Hoey faces 61 new charges connected to the 1998 Omagh bombing which killed 29 people and injured over 300. Hoey was already faced murder charges for his involvement...
House Republicans back down from across-the-board ban on women in combat
Republicans on the US House Armed Services Committee early Thursday backed off on an amendment to a defense bill that would have further limited women's participation in military operations, instead adopting the language of a Pentagon policy...
Appeals court rules no Cheney duty to disclose energy task force documents
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday unanimously rejected a lawsuit brought against Vice-President Dick Cheney for refusing to disclose internal communications of the National Energy Policy Development Group ,...
Federal judge says FBI agents didn't use excessive force in Elian Gonzalez raid
US District Judge Michael Moore has ruled that federal agents who seized Elian Gonzalez during a 2000 raid did not use excessive force by firing tear gas during the raid. In his opinion , issued Friday,...
Frank Dunham , the public defender appointed to head the defense for Zacarias Moussaoui , has withdrawn from the case and will not be part of the legal team working to save Moussaoui from a death sentence. Moussaoui,...
UPDATE ~ Judge questions England guilty plea after psychologist testimony
Following up on a earlier report in JURIST's Paper Chase, Judge Col. James Pohl asked Pfc. Lynndie England late Tuesday whether she wanted to consider withdrawing her guilty plea after her childhood psychologist testified to her reduced...
