US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch said Thursday that Libya has made an initial deposit into a US government account as part of a deal to settle claims involving Libyan-linked terrorism in the 1980s. Under the...
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US President George W. Bush issued an executive order on Thursday that creates a Transition Coordinating Council to head up transition efforts of executive agencies and the incoming administration in the months leading up to the...
Thailand's Court of Appeal Thursday reduced insurrection charges against nine People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) activists following this week's violent clashes between police and PAD protesters . The court dismissed treason charges against the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Thursday adopted a fact-specific test for determining whether a disabled student has been placed in the 'least restrictive environment' as required by the Individuals with Disabilities...
Thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from voter rolls against federal voting law, according to a New York Times report published Thursday. The report examined the actions of election officials in...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Thursday announced that the first trial of a former Khmer Rouge leader is unlikely to take place until next year....
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the administration of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to give its position on providing $250 million this year toward the $8 billion needed to reform the state's prison health care system. US...
The British government on Wednesday froze nearly $4 billion in UK financial assets held by the failed Icelandic bank Landsbanki , exercising its powers under the 2001 Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act...
A Russian court on Wednesday extended the jail term of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky until February 2009. Khodorkovsky headed the now-bankrupt Yukos Oil Co. and...
Leaders of both Philippine rebel groups and government militias could be held responsible for the use of child soldiers under a new US law, according to a Wednesday statement by Human Rights Watch ....
