The jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial will resume deliberations Thursday to decide whether the al Qaeda conspirator should receive the death penalty for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks . The...
Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006, S. 2349, United States Senate, passed March 29, 2006 [bill prohibiting lawmakers from accepting gifts or meals from lobbyists, requiring disclose of paid-for travel, and banning lawmakers from becoming lobbyists themselves for two...
Presidential statement S/PRST/2006/15 on non-proliferation and Iran, UN Security Council, March 29, 2006 . Read the full...
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld oral arguments transcript, Supreme Court of the United States, March 28, 2006 . Read the full text of the transcript ....
The US Senate voted 90-8 late Wednesday to approve a lobbying reform bill pushed through in the wake of a corruption scandal centering on former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff , who was sentenced...
The UN Security Council Wednesday agreed on a statement demanding that Iran immediately suspend its nuclear enrichment program. The statement, which is not legally binding, seeks a report on the extent of Iran's compliance from the International...
AP is reporting that Ahmed Omar Abu Ali has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for joining al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush . Abu Ali faced a possible life sentence following...
The UN Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to allow UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to open formal negotiations on the establishment of a tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik...
A Maryland judge ruled Wednesday that DC sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad can represent himself during his upcoming trial on six counts of first degree murder related to the three-week series of shootings in the Washington, DC...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Bustillo v. Johnson and Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon , a pair of consolidated cases that could expand the Miranda rights of...