Thousands of Venezuelan students on Tuesday protested the proposed constitutional reforms advanced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez which are currently under consideration in the Venezuelan National Assembly . On Saturday, the National Assembly approved a proposal to eliminate presidential term limits , and a provision that would allow the president to suspend civil liberties during [...]
The US State Department Tuesday laid down additional rules and procedures governing the operation of US private security contractors working with its personnel in Iraq. The new rules, supplementing a series of interim measures announced earlier this month, are likewise based on the recommendations of a report by the Secretary of State's Panel on Personal [...]
As many as six additional former Nigerian governors will be charged with corruption by the end of the year, Nigerian anti-corruption czar Nuhu Ribadu said Tuesday. Ribadu, the chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , would not reveal the names of the those to be charged or the specific allegations, but in an [...]
The French parliament passed a strict immigration bill Tuesday that requires language and cultural knowledge tests, as well as optional DNA testing, for immigrants who want to join their families in France. The bill was passed by French Senate in a 185-136 vote earlier this month after French Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux made last-minute changes [...]
The US State Department cannot account for most of the $1.2 billion that it paid to a private contractor hired to train Iraqi police forces, according to an interim review report from the US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) released Tuesday. DynCorp International was contracted by the Department of State's Bureau for International [...]
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been barred from leaving Pakistan in violation of an amnesty agreement signed by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf , according to her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Tuesday. As part of the agreement, the government was to lift a ban on Bhutto leaving the country, which had been in place [...]
The United States and the European Commission (EC) Tuesday announced plans for multinational negotiation of an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to promote international enforcement of copyright law . Talks have begun between the US, the European Union nations, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand on the agreement, which will increase scrutiny and [...]
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev Tuesday signed into law amendments to the Kyrgyz constitution approved by citizen vote in a constitutional referendum Sunday. Bakiyev also issued a decree Tuesday setting new parliamentary elections for December 16. The constitutional amendments include increasing the number of seats in parliament from 75 to 90 and changing the election of [...]
US District Judge James Payne of the Northern District of Oklahoma Monday dismissed a federal lawsuit which alleged that a recently approved state law limiting government privileges to illegal immigrants is unfair to all immigrants. The lawsuit was filed last week against Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson. Payne ruled that [...]
Jennifer Levi : "When Representative Sanchez voted against advancing out of committee the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) she made the understatement, "We could have done better." If passed, the bill advanced by the committee would create law that prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. However, it is notably a bill without [...]
