As world capitals reacted Monday to China's adoption of a law authorizing "non-peaceful means" of reunification with Taiwan, the White House called the legislation "unfortunate" while Russia said it understood China's position . In Washington, White...
Defense contractor Halliburton Inc. may have overcharged the federal government by more than $100 million, according to an audit conducted by the Defense Contract Audit Agency and released Monday by Rep. Henry Waxman...
AP is reporting that a California Superior Court judge has ruled that California's law limiting marriage to a union between a man and a woman is unconstitutional.4:32 PM ET - San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer has...
After questioning the rationale for continued use of capital punishment earlier this year, China has decided to reform but not eliminate the death penalty. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao announced the reforms Monday , which...
After a Monday meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas , UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced that the UN will establish a register of property damage caused by the construction of Israel's two-year-old West Bank separation barrier [Israel...
Anti-Secession Law, adopted at the Third Session of the Tenth Chinese National People's Congress, March 14, 2005, providing in Article 8 for "non-peaceful means" of reunification with Taiwan as a last resort:In the event that the "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces...
AP is reporting that in its Monday session in Beijing China's National People's Congress has approved an anti-secession law authorizing the use of "non-peaceful means" against Taiwan as a last resort in reunification.9:02 PM ET - China's Xinhua news...
US District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer late Saturday blocked out-of-country transfers of 13 Yemeni detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay pending a hearing on their lawyers' request for 30-days notice to allow investigation of whether...
The Spanish Interior Ministry said Saturday that it had arrested some 41 people, including seven lawyers, for money laundering of some $337 million that may have involved funds from troubled Russian oil company Yukos [corporate...
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA Patriot Act, US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, released March 11, 2005 [describing allegations of mistreatment of Muslim prisoners at several US federal prisons and documented...
