In Tuesday's international brief, a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Commission by UN Special Rapporteur Doudou Diene has called on Germany and the EU to increase efforts to ban political groups based on racist, xenophobic,...
President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan ordered the country's Central Election Commission and Supreme Court Monday to investigate allegations of fraud in the country's recent parliamentary elections that have spawned weeks of protests from opposition groups. The original...
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist returns to the US Supreme Court bench Monday to hear arguments, according to a Court spokesperson. Rehnquist is planning to attend the two arguments scheduled for this morning in...
Ansyaad Mbai, the head of the Counterterrorism division of Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, announced Monday that the Indonesian government plans to outlaw the al-Qaida-linked radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah [MIPT...
An unnamed lieutenant in the US Navy special forces SEALs begins his court-martial Monday on charges of assault, dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer stemming from the treatment of Iraqi prisoner Manadel al-Jamadi [Wikipedia...
Over 200 protestors were arrested in Nepal Sunday as two political activist groups held a national "Civil Disobedience Day" to protest the royal assumption of governmental power on February 1. The Nepali Congress ...
In Friday's international brief, a new poll published Friday by Le Parisien newspaper has the scheduled May 29 national referendum on the European Constitution failing with a 51% "no" vote. Polls taken as recently as February had indicated a...
The European Union is expected to announce later Wednesday that it has postponed discussion scheduled for Thursday over the entry of Croatia into the Europe-wide regional organization. Entry talks were scheduled for March 17, but...
An ongoing diplomatic dispute between Japan and South Korea was taken to another level of intensity Wednesday, after a local Japanese prefecture approved a largely symbolic resolution calling for the creation of "Takeshima Day" to...
Senate minority leader Harry Reid warned Tuesday that Democrats would block all Senate business - short of military, national security and critical government services measures - if Republicans continued to push for a change in confirmation procedures...
