In a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry stated Friday that the Korean War Armistice Agreement ending the war in 1953 must be replaced by a peace treaty to resolve Korea's nuclear crisis . The comments precede a meeting of regional leaders in Beijing [...]

In a report released Friday the UN condemned "Operation Restore Order," an initiative implemented by the government of Zimbabwe to reduce crime by razing urban slums. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka , Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme , prepared the report following a two week tour of the country . Despite British and US [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered the US government to sell writings and other materials seized from the home of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski in 1996 and use the proceeds to contribute to the $15 million awarded to his victims. Kaczynski wanted to donate his works, including journals, letters, an [...]

London police shot and killed a man wearing a thick coat and possibly a "bomb belt" at London's Stockwell Tube station Friday, a day after the city was hit by the second round of terrorist attacks in two weeks. Passengers said a man, South Asian in appearance, ran onto a train at the south London [...]

Two days after his nomination to the Supreme Court by US President Bush, John Roberts made progress Thursday towards his goal of Senate confirmation when he received a rating of "non-activist judge" from moderate Republican Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter . Roberts has yet to receive public opposition from a single Senate Democrat and [...]

The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to extend the Patriot Act , a key document used to combat terrorism in the US. The measure was approved 257-171 with 43 Democrats joining 214 Republicans in voting to extend key provisions of the Act that were set to expire at the end of the year. The [...]

The White House said Thursday it would veto the Senate bill for next year's defense spending if members of the Senate moved to regulate or set up a commission to investigate conditions at US detention camps. Democrats stated Thursday they will present an amendment to create an independent national commission to investigate detainee abuses at [...]

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has informed the SEC of its intentions to merge with electronic exchange unit Archipelago and form a publicly traded company. In a preliminary filing with the SEC, the companies said that current seat-owners on the exchange will control 70% of the new [...]

Former CEO of HealthSouth Corp. Richard Scrushy petitioned a judge Thursday to terminate the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) civil suit against him for corporate fraud charges since he was acquitted of criminal charges last month. Scrushy's lawyers said in his brief to the court, "After being pursued for years by all the king's horses [...]

Fifty-two detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp are protesting their detentions and allegedly inhumane treatment by refusing meals, according to a statement released Thursday by the naval base's Joint Task Force . The prisoners have so far given up nine consecutive meals, but US military officials said "indications are that this is a temporary [...]