Final certified results of the September 18 Afghan election for the Wolesi Jirga (lower-house of parliament) and councils in all 34 provinces were released Saturday. Among those elected were three former members of the deposed...
Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has subpoenaed all 2002 e-mail correspondence to and from the three indicted associates of Rep. Tom DeLay , though the request was not made of DeLay. John...
UN officials have announced that Mexico will become the 100th nation to ratify the Rome Statute , the 1998 treaty creating the International Criminal Court , when Mexican officials deposit their ratification documents Friday. The court was...
French President Jacques Chirac has called for an international tribunal to try Syrian and Lebanese suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) submitted its interim...
Charges of making false statements, obstruction of justice, disclosing classified information and conspiracy are being considered by federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald against administration officials in the investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity, lawyers close...
Dr. John Edmondson, chief medical officer at Guantanamo Bay , has denied accusations that feeding tubes are being used to punish detainees. In an affidavit filed in federal court, Edmondson stated that only trained doctors and nurses...
Rep. Tom DeLay will appear in an Austin courtroom Friday morning to answer charges that he helped funnel corporate donations to GOP candidates for the Texas Legislature in violation of Texas state law. The appearance...
A lawyer for detainees at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay currently on hunger strike argued Friday before US District Judge Gladys Kessler that prisoner attorneys needed more frequent access to...
The chief counsel for Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) has said that the US Attorney for the District of Columbia is now investigating conservative radio commentator Armstrong Williams . Williams was hired by the...
US ambassador to the UN John Bolton predicted on Friday that current efforts to dramatically expand the number of seats on the UN Security Council will fail. The 15-member council currently has five permanent members...
