Despite pleas from human rights advocates, the US Supreme Court allowed the US government to keep as an ongoing secret the names of hundreds of people detained in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks

A judge probing allegations of collusion between Northern Ireland paramilitaries and British security forces has recommended public inquiries into four murders, the son of one of the victims said.

The son of Patrick Finucane, a prominent Roman Catholic lawyer in Belfast killed in 1989 by Protestant paramilitaries, said Canadian judge Peter Cory had recommended full inquiries into the deaths of four people.

George Bush flies into Mexico today for a summit showdown with Latin American leaders, many of whom are deeply disenchanted with their powerful neighbor's muscular approach to trade, aid and security

BAGHDAD, Iraq - One U.S. soldier was killed and two were wounded Monday in a roadside bombing in the Iraqi capital, the U.S. command said.

DOVER, Del. - Nearly a month after Saddam Hussein's capture, American war dead from Iraq continue to arrive with somber regularity at the wind-swept Air Force base in Delaware that is home to the world's largest mortuary.

The Bush Administration began laying plans for an invasion of Iraq, including the use of American troops, within days of President Bush's inauguration in January of 2001 -- not eight months later after the 9/11 attacks as has been previously reported.

British troops have been involved in a violent confrontation with protesters in the southern Iraqi town of Amarah. At least five people are reported to have been killed when troops and Iraqi police fired on crowds demanding jobs.

Battles in the streets with cops are getting more and more dangerous. Anyone who has been to a peaceful protest in the streets in the past year, knows of the increased use of force by police on the generally unarmed protesters. This is made possible not only by the police on power trips who reside over today’s American cities, but by companies small and large that have been designing new and more advanced “non-lethal” weapons to be used against us. The Jaycor corporation is just one of these companies.