The British government on Wednesday froze nearly $4 billion in UK financial assets held by the failed Icelandic bank Landsbanki , exercising its powers under the 2001 Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act...
US military officers feared for the mental health of alleged terrorism detainees held in isolation in the US, according to documents received through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and released Wednesday by the American...
US State Department legal advisor John B. Bellinger III ,told the Guardian newspaper Tuesday that British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are not detaining suspected insurgents in those countries due to concerns...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Tuesday that it has begun an agency review of US financial accounting procedures, including "mark-to-market" rules, pursuant to the recently-passed $700 billion financial rescue bill...
Thirteen United Nations experts on Monday urged the international community to respect the rights of detainees . The statement of the 13 special rapporteurs, including Philip Alston , the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary...
Lehman Brothers Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fuld Monday called for a new regulatory scheme for financial firms in testimony before the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform . Fuld answered...
Trial proceedings began in Paris Monday in the case of 42 people, including the son of former French President Francois Mitterrand, allegedly involved in the so-called Angolagate scandal regarding the supply of illegal arms to...
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a $700 billion financial rescue bill that President Bush quickly signed into law . The House approved the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008...
Sir Ian Blair resigned Thursday from his position as Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service ("Met") , effective December 1, 2008. Blair cited a strained relationship with the newly-elected mayor of London, Boris Johnson ,...
The US Senate voted Wednesday to approve legislation establishing a cooperative nuclear energy agreement with India. The bill, entitled the "United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act," was approved by a vote of...
