More than 1,100 political prisoners continue to be held by the military government in Myanmar , despite pledges by the government to release dissidents as part of democratic reforms, the UN Special Rapporteur to Myanmar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro...
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US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton said Wednesday he opposed legislation that would withhold US dues of more than $130 million until the UN adopted US-backed reforms. Bolton appeared before the US House International...
State of Texas v. John Dominick Colyandro, James Walter Ellis, and Thomas Dale DeLay, District Court of Travis County, Texas, filed September 28, 2005 . Read the...
Letter from the Secretary of the Judicial Conference of the United States to US Senate Judiciary Chairman Senator Arlen Specter, September 26, 2005 . Read the full text of...
With Democratic Senators divided on Chief Justice nominee Judge John Roberts , it appeared all but certain Wednesday that he would be confirmed as early as Thursday by a solidly bipartisan Senate vote. At least...
A federal district judge Wednesday rejected a claim by former US Attorney General John Ashcroft that the government should be exempt from certain regulations during national emergencies and allowed the continuation of a lawsuit...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an official investigation into the finances of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist . Sources close to Frist said the SEC had authorized an investigation into Frist's sale of...
Two class action lawsuits accusing major US investment banks of price-fixing practices during initial public offerings of technology stocks during the late 1990s were reinstated Wednesday by the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals . The court wrote...
Many Iraqis on Wednesday expressed outrage after Pfc. Lynndie England , notorious for her role in abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday. Some accused the...
US Army investigators have not found sufficient evidence to charge any one for the release of graphic photos of Iraqi war casualties on the Internet, an Army spokesman said Wednesday. Although the Army Criminal Investigation Division is...
