The American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday expressed "deep concern" over US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts in a letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, set to begin his confirmation hearing next week. The...
A federal judge has said that detainees held in the US terror suspect prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, must be asked for permission to have their names released before the government can release them to the Associated Press...
New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV is reporting that martial law has been declared in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish after levee breaks caused major flooding in the city Tuesday morning, sending waves of water through the downtown...
A New Jersey judge Monday rejected a motion by drugmaker Merck to postpone its scheduled second trial in connection with its Vioxx painkiller, pulled off the market last year after it was found to increase...
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Promulgation of Emergency Orders, Mayor of New Orleans, August 28, 2005 . Excerpt:1. A mandatory evacuation order is hereby called for all of the Parish of...
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has said once again that he will not sign any eventual warrant for the execution of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and would quit instead. During an interview on al-Arabiya TV, he insisted...
Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the entire US city of New Orleans (population 484,674) evacuated Sunday in advance of the anticipated Gulf Coast landfall Monday morning of Hurricane Katrina , currently described by the National Weather Service as a...
A revised draft of the Iraqi constitution was presented and read out to Iraq's National Assembly Sunday, but continuing Sunni objections to the charter's stance on federalism, de-Baathification and other...
List of changes sought by Sunni negotiators to the draft Iraqi constitution , presented by Iraqi Culture Minister Nouri Farhan al-Rawi, Minister of State for Women's Affairs Azhar Abdel-Karim, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Saad al-Hardan, Industry Minister Osama...
