Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, Jan. 31.On Capitol Hill, the US Senate will convene for regular business at 1 PM ET today and will consider the...
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Preliminary Assessments of January 30 Election Process, International Mission for Iraqi Elections , January 30, 2005 [international monitoring mission preliminary report praising the poll in Iraq but stressing a need for greater transparency in campaign financing and expenditures, improvements in...
Late reports out of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Sunday say that the poll there, although it drew more voters than expected, was burdened by glaring irregularities, perhaps not surprising in view of the fact that...
The Canadian-based International Mission for Iraqi Elections , a multinational group of election experts set up in December to monitor the January 30 vote and make recommendations for improvements in the Iraqi electoral process, issued a preliminary report...
Another former Guantanamo Bay prisoner has come forward with allegations of torture and abuse by US personnel. Sunday's UK Independent newspaper has disclosed that British national Moazzam Begg , one of four Britons released from the facility last...
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq has backtracked on a widely-reported estimate by one of its officials earlier Sunday who had suggested that some 72% of Iraqis eligible to vote had gone to the polls. In a cautionary statement...
The president of Germany's Constitutional Court said Sunday that despite the failure of past government efforts, the extreme right-wing National Democratic Party (NPD) could still be banned under German law, renewing interest in outlawing the...
Iraqi voters turned out in their millions Sunday, braving threats of a bloodbath at the polls to cast their ballots in the first democratic elections in the country in more than half a century. One official with the Independent...
The polls have opened in Iraq's first democratic election in a half-century. Stay tuned for continuous updates on our special Iraqi Elections website....
US Central Command reported late Saturday that the last UN-made ballots, printed by a special process in Switzerland to reduce the threat of fraud, have been delivered to polling stations in Baghdad as Iraq prepares to conduct its first...
