A top official at the US Department of Justice's Regime Crimes Liaison Office in Baghdad has suggested that the current trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could end as early as June, with further trial...
Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik has promised new efforts to revive the stalled EU Constitution during the Austrian Presidency of the EU in the first half of 2006. The draft...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) outlined a plan Sunday to implement more stringent restrictions on the "perks" members of Congress may accept from private parties. Reconsideration of the restrictions was sparked by...
Attorneys for a number of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay have filed a petition in a California court to force the state medical ethics board to investigate Dr. John S. Edmondson, chief medical officer at the...
A British law firm has been linked to the ongoing investigation into the illegal activities of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff . A former partner at London-based James & Sarch, now defunct, allegedly channeled $1 million from...
The US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia has reinstated a $55 million verdict against two former Salvadoran generals for allowing torture and other human rights violations to occur during the El Salvadoran civil war....
Officials in New Orleans have agreed to temporarily halt the scheduled demolition of thousands of private homes severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina until a federal judge decides if he will hear a legal challenge. Community activists...
Recent US-led inspections of Iraqi-run prisons in Baghdad and Tal Afar have revealed signs of prisoner abuse and overcrowding, a US military official said Friday. Maj. Gen. William Webster, who commands security forces in Baghdad, confirmed...
Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday spoke out against pending constitutional changes that will lead, in his opinion, to an "unbalanced and ineffective government", and suggested a national referendum to decide the matter. The...
The British Parliament announced Friday that the Intelligence and Security Committee will launch an official investigation into allegations that 28 Pakistani terror suspects held in Greece following the July 7 London bombings were abused...
