Reuters - Lawyers for a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney have issued subpoenas to The New York Times and one of its former reporters to provide information in his obstruction of justice case, the Times reported on Thursday.

AP - During President Bush's State of the Union address, Claude Allen had a coveted box seat as a guest of the first lady. He sat there with an embarrassing secret.

AFP - Belarus authorities expelled Danish and Swedish election monitors and arrested a further leading opposition official as tension mounted ahead of Sunday's vote challenging authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

AFP - Anatoly Lebedko, a top aide to main Belarus opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich, was arrested as tension rose ahead of presidential elections, he told AFP by telephone.

AP - During President Bush's State of the Union address, Claude Allen had a coveted box seat as a guest of the first lady. He sat there with an embarrassing secret.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Rockville, MD (AHN)—According to charging documents, a former domestic policy adviser to President Bush, Claude Allen, was arrested on theft charges after admitting to a store investigator he fraudulently returned merchandise that he didn't buy. Police...

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Borger, TX (AHN) - Airtankers dumped flame retardant on roofs and treetops to aide firefighters in their efforts to tame out of control wildfires in Texas. The blazes contributed to what officials call the worst single day in the state’s wildfire...

Reuters - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has asked Nigeria to extradite former Liberian head of state Charles Taylor, who is wanted for war crimes by an international court, an aide to Taylor said on Monday.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Washington (AHN) – A lawyer for former White House aide Claude Allen says Allen's arrest stems from a misunderstanding. The former domestic policy adviser was arrested Thursday. President Bush said today he was shocked to learn of the arrest and deeply...

AP - Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert briefed the U.S. last week on his plan to impose Israel's final borders with the Palestinians if efforts to restart peace talks fail, an Olmert spokesman said Sunday.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Washington (AHN) – A lawyer for former White House aide Claude Allen says Allen's arrest stems from a misunderstanding. The former domestic policy adviser was arrested Thursday. President Bush said today he was shocked to learn of the arrest and deeply...

AP - A Socialist Party aide of Slobodan Milosevic said Saturday that the ex-president was defiant just before his death.

Claude Allen -- a darling among the religious right who abruptly resigned last month as President Bush's top domestic political adviser -- was arrested this week in Maryland for allegedly swindling two department stores out of more than $5,000 in an illegal refund scam.

Reuters - Claude Allen, President George W. Bush's former top domestic policy adviser, was arrested this week in Maryland for allegedly swindling two stores out of more than $5,000, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, quoting Montgomery County police.

AFP - A US judge ordered the CIA to turn over summaries of top secret intelligence briefs to lawyers representing indicted ex-White House aide I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, setting up a possible constitutional showdown.

AP - The Army has reprimanded a senior congressional aide who served in Iraq for his role in the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, his lawyer confirmed Friday.

AP - The Army reprimanded a senior congressional aide who served in Iraq for his role in the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, a penalty that wasn't made public for a year.

AP - President Bush's newly installed top economist said Thursday that he doesn't foresee any looming problems in the housing market, which is now showing signs of losing altitude after flying high for five years.