A Syrian official said Monday that the country has received a UN request to interview six officials in connection with the UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , and...
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International voting observers and opposition leaders on Monday challenged the victory claimed by the ruling party in Sunday's Azerbaijan elections, saying that the elections were rigged. According to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked France's ban on the hijab in public schools to the country's recent rioting , in an interview Monday with the Turkish newspaper Milliyet [media...
US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is not likely to be filibustered by Senate Democrats, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) , a senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday. Biden said a decision on...
US Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) said Sunday that the Bush administration is making a "terrible mistake" by opposing a proposed ban on torture and other inhuman treatment of prisoners in US custody. The amendment, proposed...
Several leading US Senators expressed concern Sunday over the FBI's use of a USA Patriot Act provision that enables the Federal Bureau of Investigation to access private phone and financial records. The Sunday follow a...
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has reportedly decided to compromise on a provision of the government's proposed anti-terror bill that allows police to detain a suspect for up to 90 days without...
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Linda R. Feinberg has ordered the state to compile and distribute by Monday a list of all adult deaths of New Jersey residents since 1985 because 13,000 people who have died...
Martinez v. Kulongoski, Marion County, Oregon; Circuit Judge Joseph C. Guimond, November 4, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper...
Three Bahrainis and a Saudi national were released Saturday from detention at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay . None of the released detainees was ever charged with a crime under US law. According to a Bahraini...
