US Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) on Wednesday demanded that the Federal Bureau of Investigation return all evidence seized in its search of...
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) warned that ongoing sectarian violence is significantly hindering human rights progress in the country in a bi-monthly report released Tuesday. Execution style killings reached 70...
The US Senate on Wednesday voted 73-25 in favor of invoking cloture on the Immigration Reform Bill and limiting debate on the bill. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) has indicated that...
A court in Croatia on Wednesday indicted former Yugoslav Defense Minister Veljko Kadijevic and former airforce commander Zvonimir Jurjevic on charges of indiscriminate shelling of civilians during Croatia's 1991-95 war of independence from the...
The Dutch parliament official website] has approved a new anti-terror bill that dramatically lowers the amount of evidence needed for Dutch police to arrest terror suspects and allows officials to hold suspects for up to two weeks without charge....
The trial of David Safavian , former chief of staff at the General Services Administration (GSA) and former White House chief procurement officer, begins Wednesday. Safavian is charged with making false statements to Senate and GSA...
Tariq Aziz , the former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister under Saddam Hussein's regime, testified on behalf of Hussein Wednesday at the Iraqi High Criminal Court , where Hussein and seven co-defendants are on trial ...
Lee Boyd Malvo testified Tuesday in a Maryland court against John Allen Muhammad in Muhammad's second trial involving the murder of six people in Maryland during a three-week shooting spree in...
Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Chief Judge Calvin Johnson has said that the city will resume holding criminal trials next week as the New Orleans court system continues to recover from Hurricane Katrina . As...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought its first enforcement action under the USA Patriot Act against Los Angeles brokerage firm Crowell, Weedon & Co. ,...
