Former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein could be put to death after his first trial if he is convicted for his alleged role in a 1982 Shiite massacre in Dujail, an anonymous official close to...
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff , once a close friend of US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay , was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on bank fraud charges. The charges are related to a 2000 purchase by...
The Environmental Protection Agency will soon release federal standards regulating how data from toxic pesticide studies on humans can be used, but politicians and some medical experts are claiming that children and pregnant women involved in the...
A court in Switzerland ruled Thursday that the arrest of former Russian Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov complied with the law. A source at the Russian embassy in Bern said both the US and Russian requests...
Haitian Justice Minister Henri Dorlean on Wednesday pressed for the release or expedited trial of hundreds of prisoners being detained without charge. Dorlean said it was a violation of human rights for judges and prosecutors to use their positions...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that the United Nations would be increasing surveillance of its procurement department after recent accusations that a senior official accepted close to $1 million in bribes from contractors. An internal investigative...
In a backlash against recent proposals for sweeping changes to Britain's terror laws , senior judges in the UK have warned lawmakers that they will stand against any move to undermine their independence in an effort to ensure...
The US military is scheduled to complete ongoing renovations to some areas of Guantanamo Bay by Monday, creating improved facilities for detainees who are deemed no longer a threat to the United States, Brig. General Jay...
In a joint statement issued Wednesday, Unocal and Chevron announced early results from a vote of a majority of Unocal shareholders that favored acceptance of a Chevron offer of $69 per share....
The state of South Dakota has appealed to the US Supreme Court over a ruling in a voting rights case involving American Indian voters filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. . The dispute centers around...
