An Indonesian court Tuesday sentenced a man to a four year jail term for his role in the 2004 Jakarta suicide car bombing outside the Australian embassy. Agus Ahmad is the second man convicted by...
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The UN Security Council Tuesday unanimously adopted a resoluton to closely scrutinize and keep track of all countries and rebel organizations that abuse children in any way or recruit children as soldiers . Resolution 1612...
The European Commission announced a proposal Tuesday that would require all customers making money transfers within the EU to register their name, address, and account number with the bank in an effort...
Two Republican senators proposed legislation Monday dealing with the detention of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo . Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced an amendment to a pending defense bill that would officially authorize the government to hold...
British politicians on Tuesday questioned a proposal that would allow the government to hold terrorism suspects for up to three months without charge . The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has asked that the period...
US District Judge for the District of Nebraska Laurie Smith Camp ruled Monday that Union Pacific Railroad discriminated against women by covering a range of preventive drugs, but not contraception, in its health care plan....
A draft chapter of the new Iraq constitution obtained by the Associated Press has raised concerns similar to those raised last week after another leaked draft obtained by the New York Times story prompted questions about the...
According to Bhakta Bahadur Koirala, chairman of the anti-graft commission in Nepal , ex-prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and former public works minister Prakash Man Singh have been sentenced to two years in jail and...
The Bush adminstration said Monday that it will release documents related to Judge John Roberts and his time in the White House counsel office and earlier position at the Attorney General's office, but not documents from his...
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney vetoed a bill on Monday that would have expanded access to emergency contraceptives . The move was symbolic since the bill passed the Massachusetts House and Senate with enough votes to override...
