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International brief ~ UN Security Council expansion plans likely dead
Leading Friday's international brief, UN officials are now admitting that membership of the Security Council is unlikely to change anytime soon, despite months of negotiation and calls for changes to the body's composition. UN Secretary Gen (More) |
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Supreme Court hears hallucinogenic tea, police interrogation cases
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 involves a religious dispute over the use o (More) |
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UK Home Secretary says anti-terror laws will impact animal rights radicals
Speaking before the UK Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights Monday, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke said that new anti-terror legislation recently proposed by the government would have a direct impact on militant animal rights groups th (More) |
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Brazil votes to keep gun sales legal in historic first referendum
Brazil, the country with the world's highest death rate from firearms [Independent report], Sunday firmly rejected a ban on gun and ammunition sales in its first national referendum. Initial pre-referendum surveys had indicated a favorable view (More) |
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'Shoot-to-kill' provisions of Australia anti-terror proposal questioned
Australian state leaders warned Thursday that "shoot-to-kill" provisions in the country's anti-terrorism proposals could lead to another wrongful police shooting similar to the one by British officers who incorrectly identified a Braz (More) |
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Ecuador police arrest ousted president after return attempt
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 (More) |
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Bolton says Security Council expansion unlikely
US ambassador to the UN John Bolton predicted on Friday that current efforts to dramatically expand the number of seats on the UN Security Council will fail. The 15-member council currently has five permanent members with veto power and ten non-pe (More) |
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Japan calls for changes to Security Council at UN reform summit
Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are continuing their bid for Japan to become a member of the UN Security Council as part of ongoing discussion on UN reform . Koizumi addressed the UN's 2005 (More) |
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UN reform negotiations continue as summit deadline nears
Last-minute talks continued Sunday at the UN as an intergovernmental negotiating group struggled to finalize a text to be submitted to the UN's 2005 World Summit , scheduled to begin Wednesday. The group is working to prepare a platform of agr (More) |
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Iran to submit nuclear plan next month, not fearful of UN action
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani announced Friday that Iran is not concerned about possible UN Security Council action on its continued uranium enrichment activities but said that the nation planned to present new ideas aimed at redu (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
