White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday sent a memorandum to agency and department leaders requesting the review of pending regulations that were advanced late in the administration of former US President George...
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US President Barack Obama on his first day in office Tuesday directed military prosecutors to pursue a 120-day continuance in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay against five alleged 9/11 co-conspirators [DOD...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Saturday announced it had transferred six detainees out of Guantanamo Bay . The detainees, four of whom were sent to Iraq, one to Algeria, and...
Venezuela's National Assembly has prohibited private television stations from presenting live coverage of its debates, according to reports printed Saturday. The restriction came after Globovision broadcast...
The US federal government acted within the Constitution when it compelled a telecommunications company to assist in warrantless surveillance of certain customers, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISC) said in a ruling...
Corruption cases are increasing in Russia and now account for about 1.5 percent of recorded crimes there, First Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman reported in an interview printed Monday in the newspaper...
Former US Army Pfc. Kimberly Rivera who fled the US for Canada after serving in Iraq announced Wednesday that the Canadian government had ordered her deportation. She, along with her husband and children,...
Turkish police on Wednesday arrested approximately 40 people, including three retired generals, in an investigation of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . Police searched the home...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a First Amendment challenge to a City of Los Angeles ban on billboards. Metro Lights, an outdoor advertising company, argued [LA...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday granted the government's motion to hold in abeyance the habeas corpus petitions of two Guantanamo Bay detainees, but...
