L. Patrick Gray , a Nixon loyalist and acting FBI director during the Watergate investigation who ended up resigning after he admitted destroying relevant documents, died Wednesday in Atlantic Beach, Florida, at 88. Gray said in...
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Sudan's National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved a new constitution that moves the country away from pure Islamic rule. It provides that Islamic law will not be applied in largely Christian areas, generally in...
A federal court in Boston will hear arguments Friday in the case of twelve members of the armed forces who are challenging the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy that requires them...
Jordanian lawyer Ziad Khasawneh , the head of the Committee for Defending Saddam Hussein, announced Wednesday that he is quitting the group, turning full control of the former Iraqi president's defense over to a team led by maverick...
The trial of 24 people accused by Spanish authorities of aiding the 9/11 attack on the United States concluded Tuesday after 10 weeks of testimony and evidence. The defendants include Immad Yarkas , the alleged head of an...
The UN Security Council agreed Tuesday to turn over more documents to the Independent Inquiry Committee investigating the oil-for-food scandal . The Council will turn over notes from a meeting about the program taken by...
Eleven militants in Indonesian custody have been declared terror suspects and police believe two of them may be involved in the September 2004 bombing of Australia's embassy in Jakarta which killed 11 people. The remaining...
President Bush on Wednesday said "litmus tests" on sensitive issues will not be a part of his search for a nominee to the Supreme Court, while still giving no names or timetable other than reinforcing his plan to have...
The European Parliament voted 648-14 on Wednesday to toss a draft law that would have protected inventions combining software and machinery. Opponents of the proposed law feared that would have...
A new US Department of Defense plan for defending the US from terrorist attacks, quietly approved last month , has raised questions about the level of involvement by the US military on its own soil. The plan,...
