Congress is considering an amendment to an energy bill which would extend daylight savings time by two months, having it start on the last Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November. Representatives Fred Upton [official...
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The UN Security Council unanimously voted Thursday to authorize an international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The United States, France, and Britain sponsored the resolution which gives an independent...
Tens of thousands on Thursday protested in Mexico City in support of popular Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , who announced his presidential candidacy this morning, but could be barred from running by an expected congressional...
Three UK bankers whose extradition is sought by the US based on links to the Enron scandal may challenge UK prosecutors for failing to investigate the case, the UK High Court has ruled. The Court granted review...
Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, Pfizer Inc. announced the suspension of its sales of arthritis drug Bextra . The move came after US and European drug regultors told the world's largest drug maker that...
The Vatican Thursday released the will and spiritual testament of Pope John Paul II . In the 15 page document the Pope left no material...
France's Foreign Minister Michel Barnier warned a 'no' vote in France's referendum on the European constitution will kill the treaty and create a crisis at the European Union ....
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit hears arguments Thursday on the legality of military commission trials of terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base . Last November, US District Judge James Robertson ordered...
Iraq's new presidential council , formally sworn-in on Thursday, has named Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari as interim prime minister replacing outgoing interim PM Iyad Allawi . The long-awaited announcement gives Iraq ...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the much-criticized UN Commission on Human Rights Thursday that its declining credibility had "cast a shadow" over the whole United Nations and that the institution needed to frame a new permanent human...
