The Zimbabwean government has introduced a draft bill meant to reform the country's election procedures, the state owned Harare Herald reported Saturday. The Electoral Laws Amendment Bill 2007 would combine presidential and legislative elections and allow candidates...
The Federation Council of Russia voted unanimously on Friday in favor of a measure that would suspend the nation's responsibilities under the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty . The Russian upper house's vote follows a unanimous vote...
Over 10,000 protesters, most of them African-American, marched in front of the US Department of Justice building Friday to highlight what they claim are inadequate efforts to prosecute a spate of recent race-related crimes across the country....
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc., et al., v. George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, November 16, 2007 [ruling that the state secret doctrine prevents a defunct Muslim charity from...
A US Marine invoked his right to defer his plea at his Friday military arraignment on charges stemming from the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November 2005. A...
The Georgian Republic ended its national state of emergency Friday, as promised earlier this week. On Wednesday, Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burdzhanadze had announced in a televised statement on behalf of the government that...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday ruled that a defunct Muslim charity cannot use a document turned over to it by the US government as evidence that it was the subject...
Turkish lawmakers Friday moved to disband the country's leading pro-Kurdish political party and boot its representatives from parliament. Chief Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya charged the Democratic Society Party with separatism after members gave speeches last week in support...
Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order, 2007, November 15, 2007 . -----------------Now, therefore, in pursuance of...
General Pervez Musharraf Thursday amended the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) issued under the country's declaration of emergency rule on November 3 to allow the country's president to revoke the state of...