Despite a sharp increase in the prosecution of terrorism cases just after Sept. 11, 2001, only 14 of the defendants have been sentenced to 20 years or more in prison, according to a study based on Justice Department data.
Republican controled Congress will focus on traditional strong suits of national defense and battling terrorism in a brief pre-election session that's a prelude to the battle for control of Capitol Hill. [all the things they were supposed to done
akafumi Horie, the former CEO of Internet firm Livedoor Co. who came to symbolize a freewheeling capitalism that clashed with Japan's cozy corporate norms, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of breaking securities law.
For cash-strapped homeowners, it was a pitch they couldn't refuse: Refinance your mortgage at a bargain rate and cut your payments in half. New home buyers, stretching to afford something in a super-heated market, didn't even need to produce
Researchers at the University of Sheffield in England have developed a technique to compress fingerprints lifted from a crime scene so they can be transmitted to a fingerprint bureau in a fraction of the normal four to 20 minutes.
As the 5th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attack on the US approaches, another somber benchmark has just been passed. 4 more U.S. military deaths in Iraq raises the death toll to 2,974 for U.S. military service members in Iraq and in what the
Far from ending terrorism, George Bush's tactics of using overwhelming military might to fight extremism appear to have rebounded, spawning an epidemic of global terrorism that has claimed an estimated 72,265 lives since 2001, most of them Iraqi
Five years ago, the United States fired its first shots in the post-Sept. 11 war on terror here in Afghanistan, evicting al-Qaida and toppling the Taliban regime that hosted Osama bin Laden's network.
Today, the United States and its allies ar
A nuclear weapons test by North Korea would create tensions between Western powers and China, destabilize financial markets and trigger an arms race in Northeast Asia, a US study warns.
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said US foreign policy is fueling terrorism and warned a conference of Muslims in Chicago of the dangers of allowing "narrow minded viewpoints and practices" to dominate public policy and discourse
Prairie Village protester David Quinly won an across-the-board victory last week in his efforts to tell the world that the U.S. presence in Iraq is wrong. And Prairie Village officials are learning that regulating signs is trickier than they anticipa
About 35 people, carrying anti-war signs, walked down the quiet street and knocked on the congressman's door. Surfing gear and a couple of children's strollers were on the porch. A window fan was working.
But no one answered.
The Bush administration asked a federal judge to delay enforcing her order for a halt to the government's warrantless communications surveillance program.
"You know what I'm gonna tell those Jews when I get to Israel, don't you Herman?" then Governor George Bush asked a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman. "I'm telling 'em they're all going to hell." [with
On September 10 and 11, ABC is planning to air a “docudrama” called “Path to 9/11,” billed as “an objective telling of the events of 9/11.” In fact, the film was written by an unabashed conservative who twists the facts to blame President Clinton.
Following is a series of detailed snapshots from around the world describing how five years of the war against terrorism have impacted individual regions of the globe.
Senior Iraqi ministers will go to Iran, officials said, possibly paving the way for a first official visit as prime minister by Nuri al-Maliki to Iraq's powerful Shi'ite neighbor.
[Commies!] Authorities have detained a Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen who has used the Internet to call for multi-party democracy in the one-party communist state, the man's daughter said.
Several European states are refusing permission for aircraft from the Israeli national carrier, El Al, carrying equipment for the Israel Defence Force, to make stop-overs at their airports. Britain, Germany and Italy, which are considered friendly wi
19-year-old Cory Horton says the marks on his back, bruises on his arm, and choke marks on his neck were caused by state troopers. Police were trying to arrest him on public lewdness charges Saturday night, for allegedly mooning a female undercover o
With labor day weekend upon us and the holiday season right around the corner, American motorists must once again be extra vigilant against those with little respect for the rights of others and even less regard for the traveling public's safety
1,000 immigrant advocates gathered at the state Capitol to demand immigration reform and encourage Latinos to register to vote. About 50 counter protestors told them to go back to Mexico and one compared Mexicans to dogs.
Tony Blair will be served notice to quit Downing Street at a meeting of the Cabinet next week when senior ministers plan to confront him over his refusal to commit to a departure timetable.
Karl Rove, the president’s chief political adviser, is struggling to steer the Republican Party to victory this fall at a time when he appears to have the least political authority since he came to Washington, party officials said.
The leader of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq threatened secession as a dispute over flying the Iraqi flag intensified. Massoud Barzani ordered the country's national flag to be replaced with the Kurdish one, sparking harsh words in Baghdad.
Doctors in Gaza are reporting what they say are unexplained injuries among the dead and wounded in operations by the Israeli military, which have killed more than 200 Palestinians in the past nine weeks.
IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz to meet with brigade and battalion commanders who participated in the war, as officers of various ranks have severely criticized the army's internal probe into the failures of the war in recent days, with some going
In one film, a man tells Muslims to "go home" or risk being burned alive. He threatens, "I'll cut your head off", and claims to have "comrades" across Britain who have "had enough".
PM says his calls for peace talks were rejected by his Lebanese counterpart Siniora. Lebanese official responds: We know nothing of this. These comments really don't concern us, it's just propaganda