Eight Democratic governors have called on President Bush and Congress to investigate reports of gas price gouging following Hurricane Katrina . Citing a study by a University of Wisconsin economist that concluded rising gas prices...
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A group of European legislators have accused Italy of violating international human rights laws in its treatment of refugees after visiting a camp for asylum seekers on the island of Lampedusa . The 12 socialist MEPs said conditions...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told reporters in Brussels Wednesday that he does not expect a European constitution for another two to three years. While referendum failures in France and the...
AP is reporting that a federal judge has approved settlements worth over $6 billion in civil litigation related to the WorldCom accounting fraud .1:49 PM ET - Under the deals approved by District Judge Denise Cote, several...
Harvard Law School will open its career services office to military recruiters beginning this fall, despite the Pentagon's refusal to sign the school's nondiscrimination pledge, Dean Elena Kagan said Tuesday in a letter to...
The US House Resources Committee is considering Wednesday possible changes to the Endangered Species Act , which has been in effect for 32 years. Rep. Richard Pombo has introduced the bipartisan Threatened...
A commission investigating the murder of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze five years ago reported their findings Wednesday, concluding that the slaying was instigated by former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and the current speaker of the Ukrainian...
US Sen. Arlen Specter , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , asked President Bush Wednesday to delay nominating a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor . Specter's announcement came after leading senators...
Attorneys for some Guantanamo Bay detainees asked for access to their clients' medical records Wednesday as they worried that the detainees' eight-week-long hunger strike may be severely harming their clients' health. Lawyers for a...
In trial proceedings in Uzbekistan, Muidin Sobirov confessed Wednesday to his role as a key planner of the bloody demonstrations in the Uzbekistan city of Andijan in May . Sobirov is among the 15 men charged [JURIST...
