Two media rights groups called for US Middle East military commander General John Abizaid to release a Reuters journalist being held at the Abu Ghraib prison facility in Iraq unless the military can provide a valid...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has denied the request of former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers' request to serve his 25-year prison sentence in a low-security facility near his Mississippi home, placing him...
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) ruled Thursday by a seven to one margin that Germany's early parliamentary election scheduled for next month can go ahead. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder purposefully lost a vote...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke Wednesday denounced a statement issued by the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak urging the UK to refrain from deporting Islamic radicals for fear that they will...
The US has proposed over 750 amendments to the United Nations draft agreement that 175 countries are expected to sign during a UN General Assembly summit on poverty and global security scheduled for next...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Wednesday praised an extradition agreement between the US and Colombia which forces Colombian drug traffickers to face trials in the US. Gonzales spoke at a press conference in Bogota with Mario...
US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has continued to candidly voice his opinions by calling the outcomes of two prominent cases decided by the Supreme Court this term "unwise" while speaking at a bar association meeting...
Sunni Arabs are demanding that new elections be held to settle remaining disputes in the Iraqi draft constitution as the document is anticipated to be approved by parliament Thursday. Hussein Al Falluji vowed that...
An anonymous Western diplomat told AFP Wednesday that the United States is lobbying for Iran to go before the UN Security Council if it does not comply with a September 3 deadline to stop the nuclear fuel...
A Kenyan judge Wednesday called for medical examinations of six suspects who allege they were tortured by police in the murder investigation of Roman Catholic Bishop Luigi Locati , who was shot to death in July. The men...
