Ashcroft not fully lucid during March 2004 Gonzales visit: FBI director notes
Personal notes by FBI Director Robert Mueller released Thursday reveal that former US Attorney General John Ashcroft was "feeble, barely articulate, clearly stressed" when current Attorney General and then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales confronted...
Thousands march against Thailand draft constitution as referendum nears
At least 10,000 supporters of Thailand's former ruling party protested Wednesday against a proposed draft constitution , as an August 19 national referendum looms. Members of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's dissolved Thai Rak Thai party (TRT) ...
US forces in Iraq have detained an additional 5,000 people in the four months since the "troop surge" instituted by the Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) , increasing the number of detainees in American custody from approximately 18,000...
Breyer says contentious Supreme Court cases show strength of rule of law in US
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told the American Bar Association annual meeting Saturday that he was unhappy with the outcomes of several key Supreme Court cases last term, but said that he still has...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Sunday that he refuses to accept the resignations submitted by six Cabinet ministers who belong to the country's largest Sunni parliamentary bloc. The Iraqi Accordance Front . The...
US judges reject appeal of federal supervision of California prisons
Two federal district judges separately rejected a bid by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to appeal rulings ordering the federal supervision of California's overcrowded prison system Tuesday, ruling that while California may appeal...
Haditha investigator recommends court-martial for Marines battalion commander
An investigating officer in the probe of 24 Iraqi civilian deaths at Haditha in November 2005 has recommended that Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani , commander of 3rd Battalion, 1st...
UK Minister of State for Security, Counter Terrorism, and Police Tom McNulty told Parliament Thursday that an Iraqi suspect subjected to a UK government control order is believed to have absconded ...
Supreme Court rules federal tobacco regulation no basis for case removal
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in five cases Monday, including Watson v. Philip Morris , where the Court held that a lawsuit against the tobacco company could not be...
A court in Mauritania acquitted 24 defendants on trial for assorted crimes under anti-terror laws Tuesday, finding that confessions and testimonies obtained from the suspects were inadmissible because they were obtained through torture. Only...
