The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution adopting the report of Swiss legislator Dick Marty accusing European countries of colluding with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in transporting...
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East Timor prosecutors have summoned former prime minister Mari Alkatiri for questioning about allegations that he formed a hit squad to target opponents. Alkatiri resigned from office Monday amid public protests. The...
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request by three British bankers wanted in the US in connection with the Enron scandal to stay their extradition. David Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew, and Giles...
President Bush on Tuesday again pressed the US Senate to pass a line-item veto bill that was approved by the House last week . Speaking in Washington to members of the Manhattan Institute [think...
The FBI on Monday dropped its investigation into the library records of a Connecticut library, concluding that the identity of patrons using a particular computer last February no longer posed a threat to national security. Four librarians...
An investigative committee for Thailand's Attorney General's office on Tuesday unanimously recommended that five of Thailand's political parties be dissolved because of fraud surrounding an April general election . The recommendation includes the ruling Thai Rak Thai [party...
Lawyers for David Hicks , an Australian held by the US at the Guantanamo Bay detention center , may seek judicial review of the UK Foreign Office's decision not to petition the US...
Iraq National Reconciliation and Dialogue Plan, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, June 25, 2006 .English text...
A lawyer for the US Department of Justice on Tuesday defended President Bush's frequent use of signing statements to interpret legislation passed by Congress, in testimony before the US Senate Judiciary Committee...
The Chinese government said Tuesday that a law imposing fines on media organizations reporting national emergencies without gaining local government approval could go into effect by October. The law, which has been sent to the Standing Committee of the...
