Senior US Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) , said Sunday that views expressed by US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on reapportionment in a 1985 document could have repercussions...

Lawyers for Saddam Hussein said Sunday they are willing to attend the next trial hearing sxheduled for November 28 if proper protection is provided for the entire defense team. Khalil Dulaimi, head of the defense, stated "e are prepared...

US senators and the White House are discussing a possible ban on torture of suspected terrorists in US custody, but are struggling to find a consensus, according to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, speaking Sunday on...

By a two-vote margin, the US House of Representatives Friday passed a spending bill that would alter the General Mining Law of 1872 by allowing individuals or companies to file and expand mining claims on...

Nearly 400 Iraqi protesters marched in western Baghdad Sunday demanding an end to detainee torture and the release of detainees while calling on the international community to pressure the US and Iraq to prevent further abuse. The mostly-Sunni protest...

On a state visit to China during a six-day Asia tour , President Bush Sunday pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao to expand religious, political and social freedoms in the country and later suggested...

More than 200 people were arrested and one person was killed Sunday in clashes between government supporters and supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood during the second round of Egypt's parliamentary elections. The Brotherhood has been outlawed...

Iran's parliament voted Sunday to require the government to block International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from its nuclear facilities if Iran is referred to the UN Security Council for regulatory violations. This is the second...

Former Romanian defense minister Ioan Mihai Pascu has acknowledged that US planes carrying detainees may have refueled in the country, but has denied the existence of a secret CIA-run prison there.  His comments, published Saturday in Evenimentul Zileli [media website,...

A small minority of southern Republicans have announced their intention to challenge the renewal of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act , currently being evaluated by Congress for a 25-year renewal on the grounds that it...