New York Times reporter Judith Miller wrote in an extensive article published on the Times website Saturday that although the special prosecutor investigating the leak of the identity of CIA analyst Valerie Plame pressed her during grand jury testimony on details about her meetings with Dick Cheney aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the weeks [...]
Toledo Ohio police arrested at least 60 people Saturday after rioting broke out following the cancellation of a planned march by American Nazis through a Toledo neighborhood. The march by the National Socialist Movement, which calls itself "America's Nazi Party", had been organized to highlight what party members called "black criminal behavior" in a neighborhood [...]
Anti-terrorism Bill 2005 , Commonwealth of Australia. Posted online by ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, October 14, 2005. Review the full text of the draft legislation . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. ALSO ON JURIST Topic: Terrorism | Topic: Australia
Press conference on the trial of Saddam Hussein, Chief Investigating Judge Ra'id Juhi, Iraqi Special Tribunal, October 13, 2005. Read the full transcript via MNF-Iraq. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has posted disparaging material about Texas DA Ronnie Earle and his case against DeLay on his congressional campaign website. The website, funded by DeLay’s re-election committee and not associated officially with the House, currently accuses Earle of political maneuvering and abuse of his office. Although legal experts say [...]
A draft of new Australian terror laws leaked to the Web by Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Jon Stanhope includes severe provisions, including a jail sentence of up to 7 years for promoting “ill will” or “hostility” among different social and political groups. Stanhope posted the draft laws on his website, saying that the Australian [...]
An official of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission said late Saturday that turnout in the country's referendum on the draft Iraqi constitution was "no less than 61%", and that more than 66% of voters cast ballots in 7 of Iraq's 18 provinces, including three Sunni-dominated provinces deemed critical to the outcome of the poll. From Baghdad, [...]
Former president of Ecuador Lucio Gutierrez was arrested Friday evening upon his return to the Pacific coast city of Manta. Gutierrez, 48, was arrested on an order that he posed a threat to national security; he was taken to a prison in the capital, Quito. Gutierrez calmly complied with Ecuador police who boarded his plane [...]
A top UN expert has accused coalition forces in Iraq of purposefully denying food and water to civilians as a means of driving out insurgent strongholds. Jean Ziegler , UN special rapporteur on food rights, told reporters Friday that US and British soldiers have turned away aid convoys from occupied cities, including Fallujah, depriving Iraqi [...]
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a temporary stay late Friday blocking a lower federal court order allowing prison officials in Missouri to transport a pregnant inmate to a medical facility for an abortion. A Missouri law prohibits the use of public funds "for the purpose of performing or assisting an abortion not necessary [...]
