A London judge on Wednesday approved the extradition of accused Moroccan terrorist Farid Hilali to Spain, deciding that he would not face religious or racial prejudice if sent there for trial. He stipulated, however, that Hilali could not be re-extradited to Morocco from Spain without British consent. Spain has accused Hilali of having ties to [...]

In hopes of finding clues about his 1955 murder , FBI personnel Wednesday began unearthing a concrete vault containing the remains of Emmett Till . FBI spokesman Frank Bochte said that the reason for exhumation was to dispel rumors that the body was not that of Emmett Till and to hopefully find clues to provide [...]

Bloomberg is reporting that US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson is stepping down on June 30. 3:15 PM ET – The SEC has posted a press release detailing the departure of Donaldson later this month.

The European Union began assessing proposals Wednesday from Microsoft Corp. meant to comply with a massive March 2004 antitrust ruling . The proposal came in just before the midnight deadline Tuesday and the EU competition commission is expected to take a few weeks to fully analyze the documents due to the large amount of paperwork [...]

AP is reporting that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has fired suspended UN staffer Joseph Stephanides for his role in the UN oil-for-food scandal . 1:25 PM ET – Stephanides is the first UN staffer to be fired in the scandal. An AP story is now available here.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced on Tuesday that Iraq has officially asked for UN help in drafting a new permanent constitution . Annan acknowledged a letter from Hajim N. Al-Hasani, president of Iraq's Transitional National Assembly, asking for assistance to ensure that a new constitution is in place by August 15, leading to elections [...]

Protestors clashed with 200 members of rival groups in front of the Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court on Wednesday, throwing sticks and flogging each other with horse-whips. The instigators, who arrived in buses from the North, stormed the court to evict protestors from the South, who had occupied the Supreme Court building on April 22, following a [...]

Two US citizens accused of conspiring to support al-Qaida were denied bail on Tuesday in separate federal courts. Tarik Shah of New York and Dr. Rafik Abdus of Florida were both arrested in a government sting operation Friday. Shah allegedly promised to train terrorists in hand-to-hand combat while Abdus is believed to have agreed to [...]

After assurances from her lawyer that she would attend a scheduled September trial in Serbia on abuse of power charges, Serbian authorities have cancelled an international arrest warrant for Mirjana Markovic , the wife of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic . Markovic is said to have fled to Russia in 2003 to avoid the charges. [...]

Citizens of the Netherlands went to the polls Wednesday to vote on whether to accept the proposed European Constitution . Recent opinion surveys say that nearly 60% of Dutch voters plan to reject the document, citing concerns such as discontent with the Dutch government, rising prices following introduction of the Euro, fears of being engulfed [...]