Dubya and Republican Sen. John McCain reached a compromise on McCain's anti-torture bill -- one that allows CIA interrogators to use the defence that a reasonable person would believe they were acting under a legal order.

Get a warrant is such a chore when you're trying to hunt terrorists. So in 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush secretly signed a presidential order allowing the National Security Agency to conduct some domestic wiretapping without a warrant.

Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk has remarked about the Armenian genocide. He stands accused of "insulting Turkishness" and could be jailed for three years if convicted.

A European Union official says the affair could have implications for Turkey's attempt to join the EU.

This is not turning into a holly, jolly Christmas for poor Conrad.

The U.S. federal prosecutors have added charges of racketeering and obstruction to the ones of fraud the former Hollinger International honcho was already facing.