The number of worldwide refugees reached its lowest number since 1980 in 2005, but the overall number of internally displaced people in the world has increased dramatically, according to a report released Friday by...
A federal appeals court ruled Friday to suppress three documents which contained information that the US Department of the Interior allegedly destroyed documents related to a class-action lawsuit brought by Native Americans [DOI Indian Trust...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday to allow two anti-abortion health care groups to intervene in a California lawsuit regarding the federal Weldon Amendment , which prohibits federal...
Canadian security authorities said Saturday that a major terrorist attack on Canadian targets had been thwarted by the arrests of twelve men and five youths in Ontario Friday. A spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
In his weekly radio address Saturday, President George W. Bush voiced his support for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage which is scheduled for a vote in the US Senate in the coming...
Irish President Mary McAleese signed an emergency bill into law Friday authorizing jail sentences for persons convicted of for having sex with minors, but allowing them to use mistake of age as a defense. The bill...
Adnan al-Kazimi, an aide to new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki , said Saturday that the Iraqi government would open its own investigation into the deaths of Iraq civilians in Ishaqi after an official statement [text;...
The military government of Myanmar - formerly Burma - Saturday extended the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for another year, according to a government source speaking to Reuters on...
The parliament of Afghanistan on Saturday voted against reappointing Chief Justice Fazel Hadi Shinwari to continue his lead post on the Afghanistan Supreme Court . Afghan President Hamid Karzai had recommended Shinwari to...
A California appeals court ruled Friday that Apple Computer is not permitted to subpoena an Internet service for e-mail records in order to uncover the names of online reporters who leaked information about unreleased product...
