Nick Clegg MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, said that the official study on trials of iris-recognition equipment at airports had highlighted major failures in the technology. Clegg warned this is the further evidence
With the first wave of additional soldiers already arriving in Iraq to bolster a new campaign to secure this beleaguered capital city, the top American military commander warned it could take months before there are any signs of progress.
Rep. John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, announced plans to introduce legislation that would cut off funding for President Bush's proposed surge of American troops into Baghdad.
"I think our hearings will show that even Republicans w
Warning that investors might be "in for a shock," a major investment bank has told the financial community that a preemptive strike by Israel with American backing could hit Iran's nuclear program.
U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said that Afghanistan has made some progress, but the country is “tottering” and needs more troops to finish off Taliban and al-Qaida forces.
U.S. troops, in possible violation of the Philippines' constitution, have taken part in combat operations against guerrillas linked to al-Qaeda, an activist group said. U.S. Embassy spokesman Matthew Lussenhop disputed the allegation.
Several dozen service members joined peace activists to call for an end to the war in Iraq. An "appeal for redress'' petition, signed by more than 1,000 active duty soldiers -- many of whom served in Iraq -- is to be delivered to Congres
"I never had a war against the United States, and I am surprised I'm here," Ruhani told his captors during his first chance to hear the military's reasons for holding him, three years after he arrived at Guantanamo. "I tried to
After his swearing-in, Correa signed a document calling for a popular vote to set up an assembly to change the constitution and accelerate his "citizens' revolution". Meant to lessen the influence of politicians in the judiciary and fo
He was an R&B singer who had scored a nationwide hit with "My Girl." He performed around the country, drove luxury sedans and owned a palatial home in Calabasas. Then, suddenly, Waymond Anderson was an accused murderer. Police in bulletproo
As much as 70% of oranges still on California trees may have been destroyed by record cold temperatures across the state, officials and farmers said Monday.
It will take days to make a full assessment of the losses to the $1.1-billion orange crop.
Over the years, Ike Brown has earned a reputation in rural Noxubee County as a wily political boss, and his election triumphs have time and again aroused suspicions of impropriety. But talk of his tactics never carried much farther than this small co
Like many Americans, Bernard uses modern gadgets to make life easier, and along the way creates a data trail that others can access and preserve, sometimes permanently. Every Internet search resides on a computer somewhere. Comings and goings are mon
The Kurdish makeup of two of the three Iraqi army brigades due to be sent to Baghdad under President Bush's new strategic plan is drawing concern from Iraqi and U.S. experts.
The top law enforcement officials in the
European Union backed efforts to give police across the bloc access to national databases containing fingerprints, DNA samples and license plate information.
A fired CIA employee, who collected prewar intelligence that Iraq was not developing weapons of mass destruction, can continue with a lawsuit challenging his dismissal, a federal judge has ruled.
Monson turned in an application to the state Agriculture Department to become the nation's first licensed industrial hemp farmer. Monson provided fingerprints, which will be used for a background check to prove he is not a criminal.
A strange ancient skull recently uncovered adds to mounting evidence that humans and Neanderthals interbred and suggests that humans evolved considerably after settling the European continent some 40,000 years ago.
Propose a "safety fee," which every person convicted of a crime would have to pay. The program is modeled on a similar fee the state now levies against people who violate the law, a program that generate s about $6 million annually to pay f
It took a jury just under five hours to find Hollis Wayne Fincher guilty of owning illegal machine guns and a sawed-off shotgun. A major issue was whether the Militia of Washington County is a valid state militia for second amendment purposes. Judge
Hollis Wayne Fincher's machine gun trial will go to the jury with the defense having presented no evidence or witnesses to the jury.
The defense rested after Judge Jimm Larry Hendren ruled Fincher's testimony inadmissible.
Unsatisfied by the $208 million in revenue generated by photo enforcement since 1999, Washington, DC's newly elected mayor, announced he would equip street sweepers with ticket cameras. Any car parked in sweeping zones is slapped with a $30 tick
Moves to share people's personal details across Whitehall have provoked a civil liberties uproar and accusations the Government has taken another step towards "a Big Brother state". The scheme is aimed at improving public service delive
[only took 'em 10 days] Private contractors, civilian government employees and embedded journalists serving with US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan could be subject to military courts-martial under a new federal provision.
The extra billion dollars of reconstruction aid in President Bush's Iraq plan won't go far in a country where electricity output still barely meets half the demand and oil production is falling short by almost a million barrels a day.
It is no cakewalk for any soldier sent to Iraq. But for reservists, abruptly jerked out of everyday life and shipped to war for months at a time, it is an undeniable shock. Their jobs, their families and their lives are put on hold. And when they ret
As American troops storm what was an Iranian consulate – at least that's what the Iraqi government calls it, in spite of American denials – and the president accuses Tehran of arming and aiding Iraqi insurgents, the answer to "Why are we in
First came kidney, liver and heart transplants. Then a few doctors started transplanting hands. French surgeons even did a face.
Now, doctors are planning the first womb transplant in the United States.
94% of Americans say it is likely that American soldiers will still be facing combat in Iraq when the next President is sworn into office in January. That pessimism stands in strong contrast to what American voters would like to see happen.