Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor General Kambaraly Kongantiyev told the country's Security Council Monday that the nation is on the verge of anarchy which could result in the loss of state control if authorities fail to deal with organized...
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Kenyans voted Monday in a referendum on a new constitution . Voters came out amid fears that violence might overshadow the voting process, viewed as a dress rehearsal for the 2007 election. The vote...
Frans van Anraat , a Dutch businessman accused of supplying chemical agents to Iraq with the knowledge that Saddam Hussein would use them for poison gas attacks, went on trial Monday in the Netherlands on charges of complicity...
CIA interrogators strictly obey torture laws when trying to obtain information from prisoners, according to CIA Director Porter Goss . In an interview published Monday, Goss told USA Today that the CIA employs "lawful capabilities to collect vital...
Senior US Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) , said Sunday that views expressed by US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on reapportionment in a 1985 document could have repercussions...
Lawyers for Saddam Hussein said Sunday they are willing to attend the next trial hearing sxheduled for November 28 if proper protection is provided for the entire defense team. Khalil Dulaimi, head of the defense, stated "e are prepared...
US senators and the White House are discussing a possible ban on torture of suspected terrorists in US custody, but are struggling to find a consensus, according to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, speaking Sunday on...
By a two-vote margin, the US House of Representatives Friday passed a spending bill that would alter the General Mining Law of 1872 by allowing individuals or companies to file and expand mining claims on...
Nearly 400 Iraqi protesters marched in western Baghdad Sunday demanding an end to detainee torture and the release of detainees while calling on the international community to pressure the US and Iraq to prevent further abuse. The mostly-Sunni protest...
On a state visit to China during a six-day Asia tour , President Bush Sunday pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao to expand religious, political and social freedoms in the country and later suggested...
