Former Romanian defense minister Ioan Mihai Pascu has acknowledged that US planes carrying detainees may have refueled in the country, but has denied the existence of a secret CIA-run prison there. His comments, published Saturday in Evenimentul Zileli [media website,...
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CIA prison flights may have refueled in Romania, says former defense minister
Southern GOPers to challenge Voting Rights Act extension
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Abramoff lobby partner to appear in court on Congressional bribery charge
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Specter blocks deal to extend Patriot Act, calls for revisions
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Fifth Circuit returning to New Orleans in January
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Fitzgerald presenting CIA leak case to second grand jury
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Tunis Commitment [WSIS]
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A small minority of southern Republicans have announced their intention to challenge the renewal of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act , currently being evaluated by Congress for a 25-year renewal on the grounds that it...
Lobbyist Michael Scanlon is scheduled for a federal court appearance Monday on a single count alleged in a criminal information released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday. The information alleges that Scanlon provided...
US Senator Brian Dorgan (D-ND) released a letter Friday confirming that allegations raised by an ex-Defense Department contractor regarding no-bid contracts awarded to a Halliburton subsidiary for work in Iraq...
US Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) Friday voiced objections to a legislative deal that extend the USA Patriot Act , siding with a bipartisan group of senators threatening to filibuster the bill unless...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit announced Friday that it will return to its New Orleans headquarters in January. Following Hurricane Katrina in September, the appeals court temporarily moved [JURIST...
US DOJ Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald indicated in court documents Friday that his investigation into the CIA leak case will return to a grand jury. Three weeks ago, a previous grand jury indicted former...
The US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicated Friday that all 125 workers arrested at a Wal-Mart distribution center construction site in Pennsylvania Thursday will be deported. Some of the workers, mostly from...
The Pentagon released a report Friday indicating that over 80,000 people have been detained in numerous facilities world-wide since the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. The report comes amid increased criticism by human rights groups and European organizations...
Tunis Commitment, final declaration of the World Summit on the Information Society, November 18, 2005 . Read the...
