Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have been ordered to conduct "threat assessments" of prison inmates in order to determine whether they could commit extremist violence when released, according to a letter obtained by AP. Randy D. Parsons,...
The Russian Supreme Court Tuesday overturned the acquittal of four Russian soldiers in the 2002 murder of six Chechen civilians . The acquittal was overturned due to criminal procedure violations, and Judge Alexander Koronets ordered...
Human trafficking of women and children is on the rise worldwide, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Tuesday. Addressing an Asia-Pacific human rights conference in Beijing, Arbour called for closer regional partnerships to combat...
The 32 UN ambassadors who make up the intergovernmental negotiating group named by the UN General Assembly president last week continued negotiations Tuesday on the text to be submitted to September's summit on UN reform ....
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has openly criticized the Senate version of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005 which was unanimously approved last month. Gonzales told Washington...
The Bangladesh High Court ruled Monday that the country's 1975 military takeover was "illegal" and "void" and that a martial regulation incorporated into the fifth Amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution was invalid. In their opinion, the...
Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Base Closure and Realignment Commission Monday, challenging the BRAC Commission's decision to close Connecticut's Air National Guard 103rd Fighter Wing [official...
Bunny Greenhouse, the former top procurement official with the US Army Corps of Engineers, has said she plans to sue the Army for being demoted after accusing Halliburton of contract abuse . Greenhouse was demoted from the senior...
Suspected and convicted foreign-born terrorists regularly exploit federal immigration laws to enter or remain illegally in the US, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Center for Immigration Studies . According to Immigration Benefits and Terrorism:...
US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said Tuesday that there could be further changes to the draft Iraqi constitution . Khalilzad told reporters that he believes "that a final, final draft has not...
