Relatives of a group of men ordered detained for 30 days in connection with the dramatic jailbreak at a high-security prison in Mexico’s Zacatecas state blocked a federal highway.
US satellite photos released this week show Pakistan has expanded two sites crucial to its atomic program—apparently in an effort to bolster its nuclear arsenal. Pakistan denied the charges.
A judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging that former president George W. Bush violated Congress’s constitutional power to declare war by initiating a preemptive war against Iraq.
Members of the Senate voted 90-6 to approve an amendment eliminating $80 million from pending legislation intended to fund the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility.
A military judge granted a motion to postpone hearings for Gitmo detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi, staing that a delay will permit completion of the Detention Policy Review.
Judge John Bates in Washington DC ruled on the limits of detaining terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay, rejecting the Obama administration’s “substantial support” standard.
President Obama announced plans for national fuel efficiency requirements aimed at conserving 1.8 billion barrels of oil and reducing emissions by 900 million metric tons.
President Obama’s Automotive Task Force has slashed Chrysler’s advertising budget as a condition of the company’s bankruptcy restructuring.
With a climate bill now being crafted on Capitol Hill, Democrats are supporting a measure that would instate a carbon-trading system—while Republicans favor subsidies for nuclear power.
As celebrations break out in Colombo over the Sri Lankan armed forces’ taking of the last strip of coastline controlled by the Tamil Tigers, reports warn of a grave humanitarian crisis.
Darfur rebel leader Bahar Idriss Abu Garda appeared before the International Criminal Court at The Hague to face war crimes charges over an attack that killed 12 African Union peacekeepers.
A coalition of progressive organizations filed complaints in five states seeking disbarment of ex-officials associated with the legal rationales behind the Bush administration’s use of torture.
