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Iraqi national reconciliation plan [Iraq PM]
Iraq National Reconciliation and Dialogue Plan, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, June 25, 2006 .English text as provided by the Iraqi government:In The Name of God The National Reconciliation and Dialogue projectIn order to confirm the coherence betwee (More) |
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Mauritania votes in constitutional referendum on presidential term limits
Citizens of the north African state of Mauritania [CIA backgrounder; official website, in Arabic] voted Sunday on a constitutional amendment that would limit the number of terms that a president can serve. The vote follows a successful coup attempt (More) |
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DOJ: Oregon NSA surveillance suit could reveal state secrets
If allowed to proceed, a lawsuit filed by an Oregon nonprofit organization challenging the NSA domestic surveillance program would impermissibly reveal state secrets, lawyers for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) argued at a Wednesday hearing in f (More) |
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Sunni Kurds want Islamic law as basis of regional Iraq constitution
The Kurdistan Islamic Group and Kurdistan Islamic Union , both major Sunni political parties in Iraq, announced plans to campaign against a draft regional constitution for Kurdistan that does not draw its "principal source of legislation" (More) |
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Jordan anti-terror bill would create police state: Muslim Brotherhood
A leader of the Islamic Action Front , the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood [official website; FAS backgrounder] in Jordan, Wednesday criticized Jordan's draft anti-terrorism legislation as an oppressive, US-influenced bid to stifle Jord (More) |
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UN warns Somali militia against committing war crimes as fighting escalates
A UN official Monday warned members of fundamentalist Islamic and secular warlord militias fighting for control of the Somali capital of Mogadishu “that any deliberate attempt to prevent wounded or civilians receiving assistance and protection (More) |
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Florida terror case co-defendant deported
Sameeh Hammoudeh, a co-defendant in a Florida terrorism case with former University of South Florida computer science professor Sami Al-Arian [advocacy website; JURIST report], was deported earlier this week, according to Hammoudeh's attorney. (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui sentenced to life in prison
The jury in the Moussaoui sentencing trial [JURIST news archive; case docket] has recommended that Zacarias Moussaoui be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. Moussaoui pleaded guilty last year to six conspiracy charges i (More) |
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US religious freedom commission concerned about former Soviet republics
The US government Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) on Wednesday called for increased action to combat decreasing religious freedom in former Soviet republics Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and for more monitoring of Belarus and Ru (More) |
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International brief ~ Thailand judges work to prevent election crisis at request of king
Leading Tuesday's international brief, members of Thailand's Supreme Court have agreed to a request by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej that they take an active role in resolving the country's ongoing election crisis . The king is mainly a (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
