ALASTAIR Campbell has waded in to the furore over the Iraq war inquiry by insisting it "frankly won't make any difference" to critics of the conflict if the probe

FALKIRK MP Eric Joyce could be facing a challenge to replace him as his constituency's Labour Party candidate, The Scotsman has learned.

DECISION-making must be "easily understood and transparent" when school closures are under consideration, MSPs have said.

NEARLY one in three MPs has repaid cash in the wake of the expenses furore. Around £500,000 has so far been returned.

FORGIVE me, readers: but this week, I am suffering from a touch of cognitive dissonance. On one hand, you see, I find before me the 20-page executive summary of the report of

The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday made it harder for older workers whoare laid off or demoted to win a claim of age discrimination. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that these workers bear thefull burden of proving that their

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prisoners have no constitutionalright to DNA testing that might prove their innocence long after theirconvictions.In the court's first examination of how to deal with the rapidlyevolving field of DNA evidence, the court's conservative majorityprevailed

Two months after prosecutors abandoned the criminal conviction of former senator Ted Stevens, the Justice Department unit that polices public corruption remains inchaos, coping with newly discovered evidence that threatens toundermine other cases while department leaders struggle to reshufflethe ranks.William

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday declared its first-ever"public health emergency," saying the federal government will funnel $6million to provide medical care for people sickened by asbestos from amine in northwest Montana.The declaration applies to the towns of Libby

Hundreds of thousands of black-clad protesters massed quietly incentral Tehran on Thursday for another day of protest over last week’sdisputed presidential election, even as the Iranian government made itsfirst move toward some form of dialogue to defuse the outrage.The move

An 18-year-old British national, who worked with an NGO in Palampur, was allegedly raped by two youths in a maxi cab on the outskirts of Kangra district.

Air India requested its top management and sr officials to voluntarily forego their July salary.

Two hundred personnel of the specialised anti-Naxal force, CoBRA, began sanitising the Jhitkha jungle as security forces proceeded towards besieged Lalgarh in West Midnapore district.

Six students returning to school after summer vacation and their teacher have been killed in a road mishap on Singhana-Jhunjhunoo road, police said.

Australia's Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Evans, met representatives from the Indian community in Melbourne to listen directly to their views on the racial attacks involving Indian students.

The episode of Bhagat Singh Koshiyari agreeing to withdraw his resignation from the Rajya Sabha has provided yet another reprieve to the Uttarakhand CM BC Khanduri.

An IAS officer was suspended on charges of committing sodomy on a panchayat secretary.

Since liberal Democrats and their labor supporters introduced the Employee Free Choice Act into Congress earlier this year, opposition to the legislation has reached a fever pitch. The main line of attack from corporations and business trade associations zeroes in

Colorado's Bill Ritter (D) is a typical swing-state governor in these most atypical times: overly cautious, predictably equivocal--you know the type. Upon getting himself elected in 2006, he promised to pass legislation that "provides every Coloradan with access to some

SAN YSIDRO--On June 1, Pedestrians stand in line while waiting to cross into the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Ysidro, Calif. The Western Hemisphere Initiative, which went into effect June 1, requires