The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have renewed a pledge to reinstate top judges ousted last year by President Pervez Musharraf.

I live in a State known for racial discrimination. Those in Authority took many innocent lives. I'm not just referring to the pre-Civil rights days. The injustices continue to this day. Whether it's refusal to hire, unfair wages, biased expectations, or rejection of opportunity the discrimination continues. The purpose of this opinion is not to "bash" the bad guys. I wrote this information to encourage all people (but primarily people of color).

With longer and longer queues at district courts, the work is piling up for judges.

The lawyer for the first member of the Stolen Generations to successfully sue a state government says setting up compensation schemes would be a cheaper and easier way to achieve justice.

Franco Frattini, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Justice Freedom and Security will visit Israel on Monday-Tues, January 21-22. Will open Jerusalem anti-Semitism seminar and give keynote address at Herzliya conference

The Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday heart arguments on the Bush administration's detention of terror suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba.

London's Metropolitan police force has been found guilty of endangering the public during an anti-terrorism operation that lead to the death of an innocent Brazilian man in July of 2005.

In a major blow to Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf in the midst of other troubles for him, Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday reinstated suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry after quashing the Presidential reference of charges against him.

Verdict's are in, and Conrad Black has been found guilty of three counts of fraud - so the BBC announce. But has he? Sorta kinda. Mark Steyn has been covering the entire trial, and has been pretty unimpressed at the Government's cases - there were thirteen charges including racketeering, the sort of thing Al Capone did. As Steyn says the verdict is that:

At approximately 4 a.m. today, convicted child molester Rabbi Alan Horowitz of New York state was brought back to the U.S. to finally answer for his unspeakable crimes against children. Horowitz was flown into Newark New Jersey International Airport and was met by the U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies.

Q Is the President's decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby -- is that the final word in this case, or does he leave the door open for a pardon later?

Scooter Libby (lewis libby) - a former high-ranking White House staffer has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after being convicted of lying to investigators probing the high-profile case of a CIA agent whose identity was leaked to the news media. Michael Bowman reports from Washington.