Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday that he has received specific intelligence of a terrorist attack on the country, and urged lawmakers to strengthen the powers of Australian intelligence agencies. The news prompted Howard to hurriedly...
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Australia moves to amend terror laws in response to possible threat
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Gomery commission sponsorship scandal report [Canada]
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Senate holds rare closed session on Iraq intelligence
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Supreme Court hears hallucinogenic tea, police interrogation cases
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Louisiana governor calls special legislative session to deal with hurricane aftermath
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Environmental brief ~ Tribes receive $40M from EPA for environmental projects
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Same-sex couple petitions Israel high court to recognize Canadian gay marriage
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Rumsfeld defends prohibiting UN interviews with Guantanamo detainees
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DeLay to get new judge in Texas criminal case
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Senators stake out positions on possible Alito filibuster
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Who is Responsible? Phase 1 Report, Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, Justice John H. Gomery, Commissioner [report of the Canadian judicial inquiry into the "Sponsorship Scandal" saying that former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien must...
Invoking a rare procedure, the US Senate held a closed session Tuesday to discuss continuing controversy over the intelligence on alleged weapons of mass destruction used by President Bush leading up to the Iraq war. The main issue raised...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday, with newly appointed Chief Justice John Roberts taking an active role in both. Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal [Duke...
Members of the Louisiana Legislature have been summoned by Governor Kathleen Blanco for a two-week session to deal with the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and...
In Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Environmental Protection Agency has announced that is will be awarding over $40 million to over 140 American Indian tribes for environmental protection projects. The tribes , mainly...
A same-sex couple on Tuesday petitioned the Israeli High Court of Justice to force the country's Population Registry to recognize their same-sex marriage , performed legally in Toronto, Canada in July 2005. Jonathan Herland, a...
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday defended the US government's decision to prohibit UN human rights observers from interviewing detainees on any visit to the prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay ....
Texas Judge C.W. Duncan ruled Monday afternoon that Rep. Tom DeLay will get a new judge to preside over his trial on money laundering and criminal conspiracy charges . In granting DeLay's recusal...
An influential Ohio Republican said Tuesday that US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito had a judicial philosophy "clearly within the mainstream" and that he should not be filibustered. Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) was a...
