Top members of Pakistan's government coalition Wednesday failed to reach an agreement on restoring judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf last year after he declared emergency rule , but vowed to continue discussions Thursday. The two...
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US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred Wednesday set down terms under which Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan can question suspected al Qaeda leaders currently in US custody at Guantanamo as part of...
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A federal judge Wednesday set January 6, 2009 for the third terrorism prosecution of six men charged with conspiring to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI headquarters in Miami after two...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the city of New York against gun manufacturers, ruling that gun makers were immune from suit under a 2005 federal law...
Zimbabwean police have launched investigations into at least 100 cases of alleged fraud in the March 29 contested presidential election , officials said Wednesday. Police have arrested voters accused of voting multiple times in the election, as well...
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday vowed to push for the passage of a new anti-terror bill that would allow British authorities to detain terror suspects up to 42 days without charge. Current law only authorizes detention...
A US military judge Wednesday rejected arguments that Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was a child soldier when he was captured in Afghanistan and that the US military commission responsible for his trial lacks...
The Australian government will introduce legislation to amend over 100 federal laws to remove discrimination against same-sex couples , Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland said Wednesday. The legislation, which will be introduced during...
The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted Tuesday to restrict Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) interrogators to techniques explicitly authorized by the military, approving a measure that would effectively prevent the CIA from using waterboarding...
