The US has strongly criticized a new UN draft of proposed UN reforms, complaining that the document is too long, poorly put together, and not responsive to American concerns. While the draft is far from being voted on, the...
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Media giant Time Warner Inc. announced Wednesday it is setting aside $3 billion in reserves to settle a lawsuit filed by shareholders who claimed they lost money when the company's shares declined following a merger with AOL...
Zambian authorities said on Wednesday that a suspect in the July 7 London bombings will be deported to Britain. Haroon Rashid Aswat , a British man being held by Zambian police , is under investigation for 20...
German Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily has said in an interview with a German newspaper that the people of Germany must consider introducing new laws allowing potentially dangerous people to...
President Bush made his second significant recess appointment this term Tuesday, installing Peter Flory as an assistant secretary of defense in a move marked by a one-sentence release and much less controversy than the appointment...
The Iraqi constitutional committee made no progress Tuesday in resolving some basic issues holding up the charter, raising further doubt that the constitution will be finished by the promosed August 15 deadline. On Sunday the committee asked...
The London Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that since the July 7 bombings , religious hate crimes have increased almost six times from a year ago during the same period. Reported incidents increased from 40 last year...
A new report by Amnesty International says Iraqi insurgents have "fail to abide by even the most basic standards of humanitarian law." In Cold Blood: Abuses by Armed Groups calls for insurgents to stop targeting...
The USDA Forest Service said Tuesday it hopes to salvage a Bush administration initiative to ease logging restrictions in the Northwest by correcting problems cited by federal judge Marsha Pechman. On Monday, Pechman struck down an administration...
US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts promised Tuesday to adhere to established rulings if given the opportunity to serve on the highest court. In his 84-page response to a Senate Judiciary Committee ...
