Defense lawyer Ziad al-Khasawneh, the head of Saddam Hussein's defense team who announced his resignation Wednesday , said Thursday that his motivation for quitting was repeated efforts by US members of the team to temper his criticism of...

In a short televised statement, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said it is "reasonably clear" that the multiple London transport system blasts earlier Thursday were "terrorist attacks" designed to...

Speaking outside 10 Downing Street Thursday morning, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has reported "terrible injuries" after several explosions on the London transport system just before 9 AM London time Thursday morning suspected to have been caused by...

In re Katherine B., et al. v. Cataldo, et al., New York Court of Appeals, July 6, 2005 [ruling that prior dismissed charges against four anti-war protesters are to be resealed and not used against the protestors in determining their...

Blood-Stained Hands: Past Atrocities in Kabul and Afghanistan's Legacy of Impunity, Human Rights Watch , July 6, 2005 [report calling for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to establish a Special Court to try high-level government officials and others accused of taking...

Petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, July 6, 2005 [ACLU-filed lawsuit against the US government on behalf of a US citizen detained by US forces in Iraq since...

Newly appointed World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz , the former US deputy defense secretary considered one of the most influential "neo-conservatives" in the Bush administration, said Wednesday in the run-up to the G8 summit that developed...

In an anticipated move Wednesday, Germany, Japan, Brazil and India, also known as the G-4, submitted their UN Security Council restructuring plan to the UN General Assembly. The resolution proposes changing the current UN Security Council structure...

The Mediterranean island of Malta became the latest nation to ratify the proposed EU constitution Wednesday. Despite initial opposition from the country's Labour Party , the Maltese Parliament approved the...

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the New York Court of Appeals ruled today that the prior dismissed charges against four anti-war protesters are to be resealed and not used against the protesters in determining their sentences for later...