Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) on Tuesday introduced a proposal which will restrict the gifts Congressmen may receive from lobbyists. The ethics reform plan is in response to the recent...
The UK Terrorism Bill proposal , introduced following last year's July 7 London bombings, suffered two defeats Tuesday in the House of Lords as peers voted against introducing a "glorification" of terrorism offense and called for more...
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) will wait for international monitors to finish their investigation of fraud complaints before it releases the results of the December 15 Iraqi parliamentary election . The International Mission...
Spain's National Court (Audiencia Nacional) said Tuesday it will investigate whether seven former Chinese leaders committed genocide and other crimes in Tibet. The genocide suit was filed last June by three Tibet support groups and thrown out...
Ukraine Justice Minister Serhiy Holovatyi on Tuesday warned that the country was plunging into "legal chaos" after the Ukrainian Parliament voted to fire Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov's government in a no-confidence motion...
The US said Friday that it would not allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) access to a limited number of detainees who are held in secret locations around the world. It...
At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which ended Saturday in Montreal, states party to the Kyoto Protocol agreed to extend the life of the Protocol and begin a new...
UN Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland , the UN humanitarian relief coordinator, told the UN Security Council Friday not to weaken a proposed resolution on protecting civilians in war zones, reminding delegations of the 26 million people forced...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to deliver a stern message to leaders in Europe when she heads there Monday, telling them in effect to "back off" from their criticism of US treatment of terror...
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle Friday vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money victims in medical malpractice lawsuits could be awarded for pain and suffering at $450,000 for adults and $550,000 for minors. Doyle said...
