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Khodorkovsky Verdict Delayed for Third Day

MOSCOW – The Moscow court reading the verdict in the politically charged trial of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky (search) adjourned Tuesday without announcing a final decision, postponing the laborious process into a third day. The court finished reading summations of the prosecution’s case on six of the seven charges against …

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Appointed Minister Turns Down Post

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s (search) newly approved human rights minister turned down the job Sunday, saying he was selected only because he was a Sunni Arab. “Concentrating on sectarian identities leads to divisions in the society and state, and for that reason I respectfully decline the post,” Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli …

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Dozens Possibly Dead in Uzbekistan Protests

ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan – Soldiers opened fire on thousands of protesters in eastern Uzbekistan (search) on Friday after demonstrators stormed a jail to free 23 men accused of Islamic extremism. At least 50 people may have been killed in clashes with police and security forces, a protest leader said. Protesters fell …

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