Omri Sharon , a member of the Israeli Knesst and the son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , was indicted Sunday on charges of forgery, perjury and violating campaign finance laws, stemming from his fund raising activities for his father's election campaigns. The Israeli Justice Ministry believes Omri Sharon created ficticious companies to conceal illegal [...]
From Monday Iranian judges will be allowed to carry handguns and may shoot if they feel threatened, according to an official speaking Sunday after the fourth attack on an Iranian judge in four weeks. Tehran criminal prosecutor Fakhroldin Jaffarzadeh told the Iranian Students News Agency that “All judges from prosecutors’ offices will carry firearms from [...]
Egypt Saturday released from prison Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary-general of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood opposition group. Ezzat was arrested in May in a crackdown on political protests, days before the country's referendum on a constitutional amendment introducing multi-candidate presidential elections . The Muslim Brotherhood has been outspoken in its opposition to President Hosny Mubarak and believes [...]
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is seeking a court order requiring warning labels on foods that contains acrylamide , a chemical found in potato chips and french fries that the state believes may cause cancer. Lockyer filed a lawsuit in Los Angles Superior Court Friday against nine fast food companies and snack food makers, including [...]
A revised draft of the Iraqi constitution was presented and read out to Iraq's National Assembly Sunday, but continuing Sunni objections to the charter's stance on federalism, de-Baathification and other sensitive issues precluded a vote on the document and the Assembly adjourned without formally approving it. The Assembly speaker, a Sunni, was not in the [...]
List of changes sought by Sunni negotiators to the draft Iraqi constitution , presented by Iraqi Culture Minister Nouri Farhan al-Rawi, Minister of State for Women's Affairs Azhar Abdel-Karim, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Saad al-Hardan, Industry Minister Osama al-Najafi and Deputy Prime Minister Abed Mutlaq al-Jbouri, August 27, 2005 : _The drafting committee [...]
Following up on an earlier report on JURIST's Paper Chase, four Sunni Iraqi Cabinet members and one Deputy Prime Minister on Saturday announced their reservations with the proposed draft constitution . The statement, filed by Culture Minister Nouri Farhan al-Rawi, Minister of State for Women's Affairs Azhar Abdel-Karim, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Saad [...]
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit Saturday responded to a renewed call for it to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in advance of a meeting of treaty members in New York in September by saying it would not do so until Israel joins the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty . Egypt, one of only eight states [...]
The Army's Criminal Investigation Command announced Friday that it is investigating a civilian lab worker who admitted to falsifying DNA test results in at least one instance, examining over 475 criminal cases dating back almost a decade. The test results, performed at the Army's Criminal Investigation Laboratory at Fort Gillem, GA, could cast doubt on [...]
