Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian told the Japanese Yomiuri Shimbun daily in an interview reported Saturday that he was resolved to drafting a new constitution for the country better suited to its current circumstances. Earlier in...

Sri Lanka Solicitor General C.R. de Silva announced Saturday that two men photographed stealing a gold necklace from a woman while she struggled in the rushing waters of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami will...

US mega-retailer Wal-Mart announced Friday that it will stock the emergency contraceptive pill known as Plan B in all of its pharmacies nationwide beginning March 20. Previously the chain had...

In response to a February injunction imposed by US Distict Judge Jeremy Fogel , California prosecutors Friday proposed altering the combination of sedatives and life-ending drugs used in executions in order to ensure that...

The US Justice Department has launched an investigation into possible price-fixing of music downloads by major label record companies, according to Department sources. The Department has already issued subpoeanas to four major record labels: EMI, Sony BMG,...

An Ecuadorian judge Friday ordered the release from prison of former president Lucio Gutierrez , ruling that he was not a threat to national security. Ecuador's Attorney General's office has already said it will appeal. Gutierrez was arrested...

Reprocessed Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) and Administrative Review Board (ARB) Documents, US Department of Defense, released March 3, 2006 [unredacted documents of proceedings before Guantanamo military review panels released under court order after a FOIA suit by the Associated...

Former California Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison for corruption. Cunningham pleaded guilty last November to charges of conspiracy to...

The US Department of Defense late Friday released the names of Guantanamo Bay detainees pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Associated Press and later pressed in a lawsuit [AP...

CNN is reporting that Research in Motion , maker of the BlackBerry wireless device, has reached a $612.5 million settlement in its patent dispute with NTP Inc. In 2003, the US District Court for the Eastern...