Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday suspended primary elections of his ruling Fatah movement amid election fraud said to be prevalent in Gaza and the West Bank. Primaries in the Gaza Strip were cancelled on Monday after Fatah gunmen stormed some polling stations alleging unfair voting. The primary elections were the first for Fatah and come [...]
Ecuador's new Supreme Court justices are set to be sworn in during a ceremony in front of the international monitors that oversaw their selection. The 31-justice court has been without permanent members since last December, when then-President Lucio Gutierrez disbanded the Court amidst allegations of it being biased against him. Gutierrez later had the Ecuadorian [...]
President George W. Bush Monday called for more stringent Mexican border controls and rejected the idea that his immigration proposals would allow amnesty for illegal immigrants, while at the same time vowing to keep the US "a welcoming society" and a "compassionate nation that values the newcomer." Bush's proposed temporary worker program has been criticized [...]
Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Nepal Supreme Court has issued a stay order preventing the Nepalese Ministry of Information and Communication from enforcing its decision to close down Radio Sagarmatha for carrying BBC's Nepal Service. The radio station's offices and broadcasting facilities were raided Monday and five employees were arrested on charges of violating the [...]
Government's proposed jury questionnaire, US v. Zacarias Moussaoui, November 29, 2005 . Read the full text of the proposed questionnaire . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
US v. Randall Harold Cunningham, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, plea agreement with the US Attorney, November 28, 2005 . Read the full text of the plea agreement . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Germany, Romania, and the European Union headquarters in Brussels next week in an attempt to defuse increasing pressure by the EU to respond to allegations that the CIA has been operating secret European prisons to interrogate al Qaeda suspects. US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that [...]
Canadian legislators voted Monday night to defeat the Liberal minority government on a no-confidence motion proposed by the three opposition parties. The 171 to 133 House of Commons vote forces Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to visit Governor General Michaelle Jean Tuesday to formally request that Parliament be dissolved and that an election date be [...]
Federal prosecutors filed a proposed jury questionnaire in US district court Monday requesting permission to ask questions regarding the religious beliefs of potential jurors in the case against Zacarias Moussaoui for his involvement in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The US government is seeking the death penalty against Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty to six [...]
Margaret Bradshaw, Warden v. Kenneth T. Richey, Supreme Court of the United States, November 28, 2005 . Read the full text of the Opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
