Alleged Real IRA member Sean Gerard Hoey was formally charged Thursday with murdering 29 people in the 1998 Omagh bombing , the worst terrorist attack in Northern Ireland history. Hoey had been being held for earlier...
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Three women Russian judges are nearly halfway through Mikhail Khodorkovsky's verdict document Tuesday after seven days of reading. The verdict-reading has presented evidence that will most likely result in a conviction for Khodorkovsky, the former...
The Texas Senate approved a proposed constitutional amendment Saturday that would ban same-sex marriages . The measure will be presented to voters in the state's November elections, and, if passed, will amend the state constitution...
International brief ~ Netherlands likely to vote "no" on EU constitution
Leading Friday's international brief, two recently released polls indicate that popular sentiment is heavily against the proposed EU constitution in the Netherlands . Polls by RTL Television and Centerdata both put the likely "no" vote on...
Bush assassination plot suspect allegedly tortured by Saudis
According to a court filing by his attorneys, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , a Virginia man accused of conspiring to assassinate President Bush and supporting al-Qaida , was tortured while in Saudi custody. Defense attorneys cited the...
Senate Dems report claims Bolton sought to punish dissenter, contrary to testimony
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee minority report released Wednesday says that Bush administration UN ambassador nominee John Bolton planned to ask CIA Director George Tenet to help punish a government intelligence analyst who disagreed with him. The...
Federal judge asks Senate Judiciary Committee to condemn remarks
Speaking publicly for the first time since her husband and mother were murdered , US District Judge Joan Lefkow on Wednesday asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to condemn public attacks against judges by...
China announced Tuesday that it will crack down on Chinese police officials' use of improper interrogation methods on criminal suspects. Chinese police are notorious for using coercion and torture while interrogating suspects . Prosecutors must now review...
Khodorkovsky facing new money laundering charges on eve of trial verdict
As anticipated , Russian prosecutors Friday announced plans to bring new charges of money laundering against Mikhail Khodorkovsky , former CEO of second-largest Russian oil firm Yukos , and his business partner Platon Lebedev. Khodorkovsky is...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal judge strikes down Nebraska gay marriage ban
KGW in Portland, Oregon, is reporting that a federal judge has just struck down Nebraska's ban on gay marriage, ruling that it interferes with the rights of gay couples and also with those of foster parents, adopted children and...