Russia and the European Union agreed to work on strengthening political and economic relations during a summit Tuesday, but the agreement was tempered by harsh language by Russian President Vladimir Putin on...
The Navajo Nation president Sunday veteod a proposal that would have banned same-sex marriages on the tribal reservation. The measure setting various restrictions on marriage, including a same-sex marriage ban, was unanimously approved last month by the...
AP is reporting that the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Insitutional Rights, 04-1152, considering whether universities may ban military recruiters from their campuses without having federal funding withdrawn under...
The 2005 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference opened Monday in New York, with almost 190 nations gathering to review progress under the 1970 treaty . The conference comes as nuclear tensions with North Korea [JURIST news...
Guatemala will create a security unit to offer increase protection for 19 judges and six magistrates who have received death threats, according to a plan approved by the country's supreme court on Friday. The court announced the plan at...
UN peacekeepers sexually abused Liberian women, according to an initial UN investigation announced on Friday. An initial investigation into allegations showed that as many as 20 reports of abuse could be substantiated, with the allegations ranging from peacekeepers having...
The US Trade Representative on Friday said the office had placed China on a "priority watch list" due to what the US considers rampant copyright infringement in the country. China was at the center of the US...
House Republicans on Friday said they planned to finish drafting social security reform legislation by June, a day after President Bush in a prime-time press conference challenged legislators to move forward on the issue. House Ways and Means...
AP is reporting that the US and Italy have issued a joint statement that they have failed to agree on the circumstances surrounding the shooting of an Italian agent by US soldiers in Iraq. Italy had indicated earlier [AP...
Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed on Friday to end decades of hostility and to work to avoid dangerous tensions in the Taiwan Strait during a historic meeting in...
