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The Supreme Court will not review an $18 million verdict won by a lawyer who served as a co-chairman of the trial judge's re-election committee.
The NFL said Monday it will not swap sites for this season's Packers-Vikings games in case the baseball playoffs get in the way at the Metrodome.
American International Group Inc. said Wednesday it is aware of potential conflicts of interest related to the hiring of former MetLife Inc. Chairman and CEO Robert Benmosche as its new CEO, and would deal with any conflicts as necessary.
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to name and shame countries and insurgents groups engaged in conflicts that lead to children being killed, maimed and raped.
President Barack Obama says conflict is too familiar in much of Africa and in some places is "as constant as the sun."
World Wrestling Entertainment thrives on outlandish story lines and characters, but the company finds itself embroiled in a real-life controversy with the Denver Nuggets. And WWE's bombastic owner is making the most of it.
An estimated 26 million people uprooted by conflict or human rights violations remained in their own countries in 2008, far more than the 16 million who crossed borders and became refugees under U.N. protection in 2007, according to a report Friday by a European aid organization.
A young woman abducted and repeatedly raped by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda told the Security Council on Wednesday how she became a rifle-toting child soldier. She urged the U.N.'s most powerful body to stop the suffering of children in wars.
Quarreling couples, relax. It may be OK to argue in front of your kids — as long as you fight fair.
Brazil's Supreme Court sided Thursday with Amazonian Indians in a land dispute that some have called critical for determining the future of the rainforest that sprawls the size of Western Europe.
An inexperienced coach. An immature quarterback. The rocky relationship that sprung out of Josh McDaniels' efforts to trade Pro Bowler Jay Cutler might actually foster growth in both men's careers — providing this spat doesn't end in an ugly divorce first.
Argentine farmers said Friday that they would fight a reported plan to nationalize grain trading, warning that such a move would deepen a long-running conflict between the government and agricultural groups.
Mexico inaugurated one of the world's largest wind farm projects Thursday as the nation looks for alternative energy, in part to compensate for falling oil production.
Bangkok's international airport has suspended departing flights because anti-government demonstrators have swarmed the terminal.
A company that became a national leader in providing patrol cameras to police was built on the strength of a Texas contract obtained while two state lawmakers were shareholders in the firm — a possible violation of state ethics laws.
The Missouri treasurer's office rejected financial incentives Thursday for an $82 million ethanol plant whose investors include the governor's brother, a congressman's wife and a state lawmaker.
John McCain preached bipartisanship and unity from a stage retooled to carry him out to the Republican faithful. He didn't have to be biting: On the previous night, his attack dogs had paved the way.
BRASILIA, Brazil — The future of Brazil's traditional Indian cultures was under challenge on Wednesday as Brazil's Supreme Court began hearing arguments on whether to break up a vast Amazon reserve.
About 20 past or present Missouri officials have received more than $400,000 in tax credits for investing in alternative fuels such as ethanol or biodiesel.
A board set up to review construction of the spaceship to return astronauts to the moon is loaded with employees of the very contractors they are supposed to scrutinize, breaking federal law, a government watchdog says.
Protesters fighting removal of settlers from an Amazon Indian reservation burned two bridges and blocked another, federal police said Wednesday.
The situation for children caught in conflict remains "grave and entirely unacceptable" because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers, according to a senior U.N. official.
For years, Braxton Berkley was exposed to chemicals while helping build top-secret military planes at Lockheed Martin's storied Skunk Works plant. He says those chemicals made him ill — but his case reached a dead end at the state's highest court.
Former child soldier and best-selling author Ishmael Beah has taken on a new role — showing children caught in conflict that there can be a better life after war and urging government leaders to help fund their return to society.
New Yorker: The Gaza Invasion, What Really HappenedEvery opportunity for peace in the Middle East has been led to slaughter, and at this isolated desert crossing, on June 25, 2006, another moment of promise culminated in bloodshed.
Abbas to Obama: I'll quit, there's no chance for peace with Netanyahu Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told U.S. President Barack Obama that he intends to resign his post, Channel 10 television reported on Monday.
It's Official: The ATF and the FBI Don't Get AlongThat fight for jurisdiction was a "low point" for federal agents in Seattle, part of a long-simmering national rivalry which has festered since Congress moved the ATF from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice after Sept.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'We have a right to go to school'Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because of poverty or war. In the second report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Katya Adler meets children in Gaza whose schooling has been repeatedly interrupted by conflict.
The ReportOn Tuesday, October 20, 2009, a Ministerial Committee on National Security convened for the first time in Israel to discuss the implications of the Goldstone Report recently adopted by the UN Human Rights Council.
Jihad Like Yoga?In this extensive discussion, Professor Phares addresses the strategic structure of al Qaeda, Europe's readiness to confront the threat, the Obama Administration ability to win a war of ideas over the Jihadists, the necessary Western Rethinking of the conflict, indoctrination and …
President Obama has decided not to pull out of Afghanistan. Leaders from both the right and the left have declared their support for the President, whatever his decision might be in the continuing occupation of Afghanistan.
Op-Ed Contributor HEIDI TAGLIAVINI - Lessons of the Georgia Conflict - NYTimes.comA year ago, the European Union helped mediate an end to a war that left 850 Georgians (including South Ossetians) and Russians dead and 138,000 displaced.
Police resolve early-morning Beatles vs. Dr. Dre conflictPolice responded to a call that several people were arguing outside an apartment complex at 5:20 a.m. about who sold the most albums: The Beatles or Dr. Dre.
CIA Opens Center on Climate Change and National SecurityThe Central Intelligence Agency is launching The Center on Climate Change and National Security as the focal point for its work on the subject. The Center is a small unit led by senior specialists from the Directorate of Intelligence and the Directorate of Science and Technology.
MINGORA: After months of successful military offensive against Taliban Militants, owners of local cinemas gather courage to open the doors of their cinema halls to the entertainment starving folk in the violence-hit Swat valley of North Western Pakistan.
Obama resists top Nato commander's call for troop increase in AfghanistanLeaked report from General Stanley McChrystal paints grim view of chances for success in Afghanistan.
Conflict diamonds, blood diamonds. They are both the same. Would you condone a blood diamond if you knew where it had come from, and how many people where killed in the process of that Diamond getting to you?
Israel and Palestinians committed war crimes in Gaza, U.N. inquiry saysA United Nations inquiry concluded Tuesday that Israel and Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes during their conflict in the Gaza Strip, and it called on both sides to prosecute wrongdoers or face possible intervention by an international court.
Wounded Soldiers Recover as Public Interest in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars WaneSAN ANTONIO (Sept. 10) — A year after Capt. Sam Brown was set ablaze when a bomb blew up his Humvee in Afghanistan, the 25-year-old West Point graduate endures a steady schedule of painful surgery and stretching to break up knotty burn scars.
You live peacefully in an ancient land. Suddenly thanks to Rothschild's money on the heels of the French Dreyfus affair foreigners start showing up.
Taliban move to within an hour of Kabul as U.S considers sending new troopsThe Taliban are advancing out of traditional strongholds in the south and east of Afghanistan, and into the north and west of the country, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in the country said today.
Who will be the last to die for this mistake?"Afghanistan is now a bigger fiasco than iraq. Pity the soldiers who are still in the thick of battle." Thoughtful piece by Pankaj Mishra.
We'll never destroy the Taliban so let's rethink our strategyAllies in Afghanistan should see their job as 'muscular conflict-resolution' rather than fighting an insurgency. Jason Burke, Observer.
You've got a bevy of beauties or a stable of studs, but they're just online associates with the same interests as you. You're married or getting married and haven't considered its impact on your online social life.
British Government express "deep regret" over McAnespie KillingAfter 21 years of waiting the British government have announced a statement expressing their regret over Aidan McAnespie's murder by an alleged 'riccochet' bullet from a British occupying soldier serving in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Dangerous Prize - The Nobel Peace PrizeIf Alfred Nobel expected that the peace prize given out in his name every year would lead to world peace, it's safe to say that he'd be disappointed. And for good reason: The Nobel Peace Prize's aims are expressly political.
Biden: Withering Russia will bend to WestUS Vice President Joe Biden says that Moscow has no choice but to make concessions to the West, as Russia is facing a "withering" economy.
Zimbabwe is the second most-failed state in the world, after SomaliaWould you plan a holiday to Somalia…? I wouldn't.
Israelis On Horseback In West Bank Fire Raid Israeli settlers on horseback set at least 1,500 Palestinian-owned olive trees on fire in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian security official has said.
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