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,...
The forgery trial of Egyptian presidential candidate and prominent al-Ghad party opposition leader Ayman Nour was delayed Wednesday after a witness recanted his testimony in court. Ayman Hassan said security agents threatened to hurt his nieces if...
A Moroccan court Tuesday sentenced two men, Taoufik Hanouichi and Mohcine Bouarfa, to death for "murder in connection with a terrorist group." The trial included 46 other defendants arrested as part of an effort to dismantle militant Islamic networks...
Under a new, broader definition of terror attacks, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) announced Tuesday there were 3,192 such attacks worldwide in 2004 resulting in 28,433 people killed, wounded or kidnapped. Under the old definition,...
In an effort to reduce growing criminal legal aid expenses, the UK government laid before Parliament Tuesday a new strategy to require law firms to compete with each other on price for bulk contracts with...
US v. Romo, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 5, 2005 [ruling that the prison therapist of a Montana inmate did not violate the psychologist-pateint privilege when he contacted the Secret Service to report a letter...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the prison therapist of a Montana inmate did not violate the psychologist-patient privilege when he contacted the Secret Service to report a letter the inmate wrote threatening...