In an effort to implement a peace deal between Khartoum and southern rebels that formally ended a 21-year civil war, Sudan has formed a committee to draft an interim constitution. The constitution would clear the...
US government officials disclosed Friday that a German citizen originally detained as a terror suspect was released in May of 2004, on direct orders from then-national security advisor Condoleezza Rice after he had spent five months in...
Following the recommendation of a 10-member investigative team whose findings clearing four other top officers were preliminarily disclosed Friday , the US Army has relieved Brigadier General Jani Karpinski of her command for dereliction of duty...
In Friday's environmental law news, today is the 35th celebration of "Earth Day", a day first started by US Senator Gaylord Nelson as a time to reflect on the environment and mankind's relationship to it. The first Earth Day...
In Thursday's environmental law news, US District Judge Shira Scheindlin has ruled that some 80 lawsuits can proceed against oil companies claiming that a gasoline additive, methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) , contaminated groundwater. The suits allege...
In Tuesday's environmental law news, US District Judge Emmet Sullivan has refused to block a Washington DC law that bans the shipment of hazardous materials on railroads through the city. He also held yesterday...
In Monday's environmental law news, more than 600 Honduran banana pickers have filed a lawsuit against the Dole , Chiquita , and Fresh Del Monte food companies and the Dow Chemical and Royal...
Foreign ministers from European Union countries expressed alarm Saturday about growing resistance in France to the proposed European constitution . A new poll released Saturday that was conducted after Thursday's TV pitch by French...
President Lucio Gutierrez of Ecuador declared a state of emergency in the capital Quito late Friday and dissolved the Ecuador Supreme Court . The drastic measures announced in a surprise national television address came...
American and British officials have rejected assertions made by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the US and UK governments share blame with the UN for oil scandals involving Saddam Hussein's regime. Speaking in New York late this week...
