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Jose Padilla, who was arrested in 2002 for an alleged plot to attack the United States, has been indicted on charges related to supporting terror campaigns in Afghanistan and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday. Two experts discuss…

Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for three years as an enemy combatant suspected of planning a "dirty bomb" attack on the United States, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and aid terrorists overseas, the Justice Department said.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Tuesday that the leaders of Bosnia's three major ethnic groups reached an agreement to overhaul its constitution, 10 years after the Dayton Accords ended the Bosnian war. Richard Holbrooke and one of the principal…

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threw the Israeli government into chaos Monday by announcing he would leave the hard-line Likud Party he helped form and asking the country's president to dissolve parliament and order new elections.

Michael Scanlon, a former press aid to Rep. Tom DeLay and former partner to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty on conspiring to bribe public officials, a charge that arose from a government investigation into attempts to defraud Indian tribes and…