A Palestinian court has thrown out election result in parts of Rafah , a town in the Gaza Strip where Hamas had made a strong showing. Supporters of the Fatah movement, led by President Mahmoud Abbas , praised the court's decision to cancel the results in 51 of the 141 polling stations after finding irregularities [...]

Cambodia's National Assembly came to an agreement with the US government Wednesday regarding the nonsurrender of current or former US government officials and employees to the International Criminal Court . The US Embassy in Phnom Penh praised the decision and reaffirmed its commitment to pursue justice for crime committed by its citizens. The measure is [...]

British Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled a new plan Tuesday to introduce national ID cards for the first time since World War II. The proposed ID cards, which would carry biometric details such as fingerprints or iris scans, have come under criticism from human rights group Liberty . Blair cited the need for the cards [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union is joining four other groups to sue the FBI claiming the bureau ignored a Freedom of Information Act request. The ACLU sought information regarding the extent of anti-terrorism task force monitoring of animal rights, environmental, and anti-war groups. AP has more.

Seeking to curb piracy, China has announced new rules to take effect later this month that will make ISPs liable if they host content that violates copyright. ISPs that don't remove illegal content face fines of up to $12,000. The rules come in response to a call from President Bush for China to abide by [...]

A Spanish judge indicted 13 suspected Islamic militants Wednesday on charges of forming terror cells in the al Qaeda network. The men, mostly Moroccan, were arrested in raids last October when Spanish police claim to have stopped the suspects from executing a suicide attack on the National Court . The two terror cells they created [...]

After almost a decade of delays, Russia and Estonia formally agreed upon a deal fixing borders between the two countries Wednesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet signed two treaties, one for the land border and one for the maritime border. Russia previously settled a similar dispute with Lithuania in [...]

In the wake of conflicting reports, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Wednesday urged an independant probe of reports of killings by Uzbekistan security forces. Witnesses say over 500 demonstrators were killed Friday when government troops fired into crowds in the eastern Uzebek city of Andijan. The government places the figure [...]

Senate Republicans picked Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown in the battle with Democrats over nominations to the federal judiciary. Owen is set to be renominated Wednesday with a test vote early next week. Aides to Senator Bill Frist say that if the vote is unsuccessful Frist plans to call a vote on banning judicial [...]

With a close vote already expected in France , a UK group has released a poll showing more than half of British voters oppose the European Constitution . Vote No complains that the new constitution , written following the admittance of 10 new members into the EU, shifts too much power away from individual countries. [...]