Maurice Vellacott , a Conservative Party member of the Canadian Parliament , resigned Wednesday from his position as chairman of the House of Commons Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Committee after...
British doctors belonging to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have said they oppose a bill now before the UK House of Lords that would...
The Administrative Court of Thailand said Tuesday that it will probably release a decision in mid-May on whether the country's April 2 general election should be annulled. Considering its overlapping jurisdiction with two other Thai...
US courts approved 1,773 requests for wiretaps last year in state and federal investigations, a four percent increase from the prior year, according to the 2005 Wiretap Report released Monday by the Administrative Office...
The trial for former Alabama Governor Donald Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy begins Tuesday as the pair face federal bribery and racketeering charges . Siegelman is accused...
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin expressed support Tuesday for a proposed immigration law , but indicated that its language could be amended after meeting over the weekend with leaders of the...
The Constitutional Court of Thailand agreed Monday to consider a petition to void the country's April 2 general election after Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej called on the court last week to take a...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour headed to Darfur Monday as she continued a five-day visit to Sudan to press the government to end the violence and address rights...
Former US Senator John Danforth has called a Republican-sponsored constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage "silly," saying the Republican party's stance calls for them to interpret the constitution narrowly rather than expansively. Speaking...
Jury selection will begin Monday in the second trial of John Allen Muhammad , who was convicted of one sniper shooting in Virginia but now faces six murder charges for killings in Maryland that occurred during...
