Amnesty International Tuesday condemned what it termed the continuing "sacrifice" of rights to expediency in the war on terror, denounced the US and its allies for turning a blind-eye on human rights abuses or dodging responsibility for...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday that Sudanese trade embargoes in the volatile Darfur region "have prevented the access of civilians to vital goods and constitute a violation of international humanitarian law." In a...
US Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) on Monday warned the Federal Bureau of Investigation to act carefully in the wake of its search of the congressional office of Rep. William Jefferson...
The US Senate on Monday approved an immigration bill amendment supporting President Bush's deployment of National Guard troops along the Mexican border by a margin of 83-10 . Although the Bush administration says it has the...
A federal grand jury in Ohio on Monday indicted seven former executives of National Century Financial Enterprises on charges of conspiracy, fraud, and promotion of money laundering. The seven former executives of the...
US oil companies did not illegally manipulate gasoline prices or restrain supply last year in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , according to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report released Monday....
Court-martial proceedings against US Army Sgt. Santos A. Cardona began Monday on charges of maltreatment of prisoners, dereliction of duty and assault connected to Cardona's alleged use of unmuzzled dogs when questioning detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib...
Election officials in Montenegro said Monday that over 55 percent of voters in Sunday's referendum endorsed seceding from Serbia and forming an independent nation. Montenegro's State Electoral Commission said that...
Chief Justice John Roberts wants greater consensus between justices on the US Supreme Court and hopes to decide issues on very narrow grounds in order to avoid unnecessary controversy. In a commencement...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday that the US does not need to make English the "national language" and that a Senate move to add English language amendments to an immigration reform proposal...
