The government of France has said that it will recognize a citizen's legal right to housing . In a statement Wednesday, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin [official website, in French; JURIST news...
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted criminal background checks of adverse witnesses ahead of US Senate confirmation hearings for the late William Rehnquist in respect of his nominations as Associate Justice of...
Members of the 110th Congress sworn in Thursday are preparing for votes on numerous pieces of key legislation scheduled by incoming Democratic leaders of the new US House of Representatives for their first 100 legislative...
A government official in Nepal said Tuesday that the country's interim constitution will be promulgated by the middle of January when the requisite arms management process outlined in the Nepalese peace...
The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki initiated an investigation Tuesday into the taping and distribution of a graphic camera phone video showing the actual Saturday execution of ousted Iraqi president Saddam...
Sunnis demonstrated in the streets of Iraq Monday in continuing opposition to the Saturday execution of Saddam Hussein , which was captured on camera phone video taken at the scene. Most...
The Russian State Duma approved a draft law Wednesday that would permanently move the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation from its current location in Moscow to the city of St. Petersburg, the former Russian...
An appeals court in Austria Wednesday ordered the release of British historian David Irving , who was sentenced to three years in jail in February for three counts of denying the...
US District Judge David Lawson of the Eastern District of Michigan has ruled that the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University can delay until July 1, 2007 implementing Proposal 2 ,...
Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon was formally sworn in as President of Mexico in a hasty ceremony before the Mexican Congress Friday after a midnight swearing in...
