Delegates failed to agree on a binding treaty banning cluster bombs by the end of a five-day conference organized by Cluster Munitions Coalition (CMC) in New Zealand Friday, but have agreed to...
The National Parliament of East Timor voted Friday to further extend the country's state of emergency , which was set to expire Saturday, by an additional 30 days. Last week, the parliament extended the state of emergency [JURIST...
The British House of Commons approved an order Thursday extending until March 2009 provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 regarding control orders, which impose restrictions on uncharged terror suspects. The measure was approved by...
James Tobin , President Bush's 2004 campaign chairman for New England, was acquitted Thursday of federal telephone harassment charges for his alleged role in a 2002 phone-jamming scheme. In his ruling Thursday, US District Judge Steven...
TIME magazine on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Indonesia to reconsider its August 2007 decision awarding former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto $106 million in damages in Suharto's defamation...
The UN Security Council approved a resolution Wednesday authorizing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint four additional judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The Security Council unanimously approved...
East Timor's attorney general said Friday that 12 arrest warrants have been issued for suspects in this week's attacks against East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao , but did not release the names...
Any unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo from Serbia will be "invalid and void," Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said Thursday, hours before the UN Security Council was scheduled...
US President George W. Bush said in a BBC interview Thursday that he will veto an intelligence funding bill that would restrict CIA interrogators to using only interrogation techniques explicitly authorized by the...
The European Commission plans to introduce a proposal to extend copyright protection for music performers from 50 to 95 years, Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy announced Thursday. The proposal will ensure greater protections...
