Iranian officials have approved the basic outlines of a "single-urgency" bill providing for the suspension of Iran's voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) . Mahmoud Mohammadi, a member of the Iranian...
Republican and Democratic sources said Monday that Senate Republicans have proposed the week of November 7th to begin confirmation hearings for beleaguered US Supreme Court candidate Harriet Miers . Though Republicans are seeking a vote by the...
Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have created the first statewide program to track trace amounts of chemical pollutants in human subjects to study the relationship between chemical...
Egypt's government-financed National Council for Human Rights on Monday criticized the recent multi-candidate presidential elections for lacking real democratic competition. The government-financed council said the recently amended election law "placed very difficult restrictions on presidential...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke Monday proposed the banning of 15 global terror organizations, submitting a draft list to Parliament of groups to be prohibited under the Terrorism Act 2000 . Clarke cited "recent events in London...
The Council of Europe , Europe's top human rights organization, Monday called for the United States and Japan to set an example for other countries by abolishing capital punishment. COE Secretary General Terry Davis ...
In the latest reversal for African asylum seekers heading for Europe, the north African state of Morocco Monday began deporting potential immigrants, sending a plane carrying 140 West Africans off to Senegal. A second flight carrying another 140 Senegalese...
In Friday's environmental law news, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii Department of Health have settled a case against the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) for violations of the federal...
In Thursday's environmental law news, the China State Council has issued a set of regulations regarding the safety, handling and reporting procedures for radioactive isotope and radiation devices. The procedures govern both...
In Wednesday's environmental law brief, the Philippine provincial government of Marinduque , a small island about 100 miles south of Manila, filed suit Tuesday against Placer Dome Inc. seeking $100 million for environmental rehabilitation and compensation...
