A spokesman for Argentinian cardinal Jorge Bergoglio , deemed by observers to be one of the leading contenders to succeed Pope John Paul II in the Vatican conclave that begins April 18, said Saturday that...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Saturday granted ex-Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj provisional release for a short time to enable him to attend his brother’s funeral and post-funeral ceremonies. Enver Haradinaj, a student as...

In an effort to bolster support for UN ambassador nominee John Bolton , the State Department Friday released endorsements and letters of support for Bolton from former secretaries of state, ambassadors and senior government officials. The endorsements come...

Foreign ministers from European Union countries expressed alarm Saturday about growing resistance in France to the proposed European constitution . A new poll released Saturday that was conducted after Thursday's TV pitch by French...

President Lucio Gutierrez of Ecuador declared a state of emergency in the capital Quito late Friday and dissolved the Ecuador Supreme Court . The drastic measures announced in a surprise national television address came...

American and British officials have rejected assertions made by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the US and UK governments share blame with the UN for oil scandals involving Saddam Hussein's regime. Speaking in New York late this week...

Review of Formation Issues Regarding the Department of Education's Fiscal Year 2003 Contract with Ketchum, Inc. for Media Relations Services, April 15, 2005 [concluding that although the US Department of Education's so-called "plug-for-pay" contract with conservative commentator Armstrong Williams to...

Records released Friday by the Florida Department of Children and Families pursuant to a Thursday court order revealed no evidence that Terri Schiavo had been abused or exploited by either her husband Micheal...

Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard against Torture, Human Rights Watch , April 15, 2005 [reporting that governments in both North America and Europe have negligently relied upon promises of humane treatment in order to transfer terror suspects to...

In re: Records of the Department of Children and Family Services, Circuit Court for the Pinellas County, Florida, Judge Greer, April 14, 2005 ....