Prosecutors in East Timor questioned former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri Thursday about allegations that he illegally distributed weapons to local militias and ordered them to kill political opponents. An investigation began after Vincent "Railos"...
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During an uncommon open session of the US House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, several legal heavyweights debated whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should be revamped to meet the challenges presented by terrorism. Under...
Relatives of four Iraqi citizens who were allegedly murdered by US soldiers in the town of Mahmudiya (also "Mahmoudiya") are refusing US requests to exhume the bodies, complicating the US case against the six soldiers. No...
A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted two US citizens charged with participating in paramilitary training in Georgia in anticipation of terrorist acts. The suspects, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ebsanul Islam Sadequeee, allegedly developed contacts...
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure to seize land on Mount Soledad in San Diego to resolve a dispute over whether a 29-foot cross honoring Korean War veterans...
Pledge Protection Act of 2005 , passed by the US House of Representatives July 19, 2006 ....
Retail Industry Leaders v. Fielding et al., United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge Frederick Motz, July 19, 2006 [striking down Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act, aimed at forcing Wal-Mart to adequately support the health...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Wednesday threatened perpetrators of wanton violence against civilians in the current Middle East conflict with liability for war crimes. In a pointed statement directed...
Message from the President to the House of Representatives on H.R. 810, the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005", George W. Bush, July 19, 2006 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported...
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block federal judges from ruling on the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance , which contains the controversial phrase "under God." The...
