Law & Society

The Republican challenger for a hotly contested U.S. Senate seat in Missouri said on Sunday that he "misspoke" when he said women have biological defenses to prevent pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape," making legal abortion rights unnecessary.

China sentenced the wife of fallen Politburo member Bo Xilai to death on Monday but suspended her execution, setting the stage for a possible final purge of Bo himself in a scandal that has shaken Beijing ahead of a leadership transition.

When the members of the Russian punk band were arrested and charged with hooliganism, there was a rustle in the international community, which changed in an outpour of derision on Friday, after the three band members were found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism.