The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Dolan v. US Postal Service , where it will decide whether the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals construed...
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Australian police arrested 15 terror suspects early Tuesday local time in what Victoria state police chief Christine Nixon characterized as "the largest operation of counterterrorism that's ever been conducted in this country." Some 400 officers were involved. The 15...
The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Monday that ICC rules prevent the court from asserting any jurisdiction over claims against Saddam Hussein . Judge Philippe Kirsch , a Canadian, noted that...
As rioting continues to spread in France , Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Monday announced the implementation of curfews and the deployment of 9,500 police officers and...
The US military announced Monday that five members of the 75th Ranger Regiment have been charged with physically assaulting prisoners in Iraq in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice . The five elite...
CBS News is reporting that file-sharing software developer Grokster has agreed to shut down its operations in order to settle an online piracy lawsuit filed by Hollywood and the music industry. In June 2005, the US Supreme...
In addition to considering the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case involving Guantanamo tribunals , the US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three other cases. In Bustillo v. Johnson, the Court will consider...
US President George W. Bush on Monday defended US interrogation techniques in the war on terror and insisted that the US does not torture terror detainees. Answering questions about reports of a secret...
Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh was removed from his position Monday at his own request after allegations arose that he improperly benefited from the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program in Iraq. According to the government,...
The UN-Afghan Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) said Monday that final results of Afghanistan's legislative polls will be announced on Wednesday , and that fraud allegations will not call the results into question. The September...
