The International Atomic Energy Agency and Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei have been awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize , the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced this morning. The Committee cited the IAEA and its sometimes-embattled...
Hirst v. the United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, October 6, 2005 ....
HR 2863 Amendment No. 1977, Relating to persons under the detention, custody and control of the United States government. Presented by Senator John McCain, September 29 2005; passed by the US Senate October 5, 2005 [prohibiting treatment of detainees not...
BBC News is reporting that Iraq's National Assembly has voted to reverse its recent changes to the rules of the country's constitutional referendum scheduled for October 15. The changes, adopted by the Shiite- and Kurd-dominated body over the weekend,...
State of Texas v. John Dominick Colyandro, James Walter Ellis, and Thomas Dale DeLay, District Court of Travis County, Texas, filed October 3, 2005 . Read the full text...
The Austin American-Statesman is reporting that embattled GOP Congressman Tom DeLay, indicted last week on criminal conspiracy charges in connection with improper campaign contributions and forced to temporarily step down as House Majority Leader, has now been...
Nomination of White House Counsel Harriet Miers to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush, October 3, 2005. Excerpt:This morning, I'm proud to announce that I am nominating Harriet Ellan Miers to...
Yevgeny Adamov, the former minister in charge of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (FAAE) has gone on hunger strike in a Swiss prison, where he has been held since May 2. Adamov, 66, is demanding that Swiss...
US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has started new negotiations with Shiites and Kurds in a last-ditch attempt to achieve a political compromise on the provisions of the draft Iraqi constitution creating a federal...
AP is reporting that New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been released from federal prison after agreeing to testify to a grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity, according to legal sources. Her...
