US District Judge Richard M. Berman will consider the constitutionality of New York City's random search of bags and packages in the city's subway system, as trial begins Monday in the case . The New York Civil Liberties...
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AP is reporting that the UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter calling on Syria to cooperate with a UN investigation into the February assassination...
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut has agreed to pay $22 million to settle sexual abuse claims against the diocese, a plaintiff's lawyer announced Monday. The settlement included 43 plaintiffs, who had accused...
Nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito of the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush, October 31, 2005. Excerpt:Good morning. I'm pleased to announce my...
Lawyers for David Hicks , an Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee, say that they have photographic evidence that Hicks was tortured by American soldiers, though they have declined to identify any witnesses at this...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard asked parliament Monday to establish an independent inquiry into whether any Australian companies paid bribes to Iraqi officials involved in the now defunct UN oil-for-food program . Last...
Stuart Bowen, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction , said that corruption continues to cost Iraq billions of dollars each year and has called for an American-Iraqi summit in the fight against corruption in Iraq, in a report...
The trial of Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , an American citizen accused of plotting to kill President Bush, begins Monday in federal court in Virginia. Abu Ali has pleaded not guilty to a nine-count indictment...
Thousands of people gathered Sunday under the dome of the Capitol Rotunda to view the closed casket of civil rights activist Rosa Parks , who died of natural causes at the age of 92 last week ....
Wire services are reporting that President Bush will nominate Judge Samuel Alito of the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the US Supreme Court seat left vacant...
