American favored as UN court prosecutor
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Lawyers and human right groups are backing an American lawyer to be chief prosecutor at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, fearing that naming a newcomer could disrupt the court's final years.
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Former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, seen as a staunch partisan, is considered a top candidate to replace Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
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Leading contenders for the presidential nominations all support the death penalty. A look at their positions:
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PARIS -- A French judge is seeking to bring the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, before a UN tribunal for allegedly masterminding a plane crash that killed the former president and that triggered the 1994 genocide.
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US ambassador to UN says White House is confident in the secretary general amid probes of Iraqi oil-for-food program.
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Congress seeks a successor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who will restore faith in the US justice system.
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UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution presented by France and the United States calling for respect for Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty, the US ambassador here said.
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon has emerged as the clear favorite to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary general after winning his third informal straw poll in the Security Council.
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President Bush will nominate Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York, as attorney general, according to people familiar with the decision.
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Neither Presidential candidate talks much about the courts. But whoever wins will have a chance to profoundly shape the judicial system
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Having dedicated more than 40 years to the United Nations, the seventh Secretary General Kofi Annan is a well-liked and admired global figure.
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Speculation on a new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to succeed John Bolton is focusing on Washington's current ambassador in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, and a former U.S. deputy ambassador at the U.N., Richard Williamson.
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President Bush nominated as his new  attorney general on Wednesday the top White House lawyer,  Alberto Gonzales, a son of migrant workers who rose to become a  confidant of Bush and helped shape legal opinions about  prisoner treatment in the war on terror.
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The Supreme Court's controversial member jockeys for Chief Justice
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New secretary general challenged over 'secret appointment' to replace top prosecutor.
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It's beginning to look like the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is once again going to be vacant for several months. John Bolton 's recess appointment ended over the weekend -- he's said to be heading back to his perch at the American Enterprise Institute -- and there's still no white...
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Diplomats from several countries have expressed support for the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, after a call for his resignation over the UN role in the Iraq Oil-for-Food programme.