A much-awaited motion promising to hold an election of a constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution in Nepal was tabled in the parliament Friday, as the House of Representatives met for the first time...
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Mohammed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency , said Friday that Iran has enriched uranium in defiance of a March UN Security Council demand that it immediately suspend its nuclear enrichment program [JURIST...
Two Egyptian judges faced disciplinary hearings at the Egyptian Supreme Court Thursday for their criticisms of parliamentary elections last year, which they and eight other judges claimed were marred by fraud. The two judges, Hesham el-Bastawisy and...
A group of 11 Democrats from the US House of Representatives plan to file a lawsuit Friday against the Bush administration seeking to overturn the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 [PDF text; S 1932 bill...
Jury deliberations in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui were put on hold Thursday after a juror called in sick, but are expected to resume Friday at 8:30 AM ET. US District Judge Leonie...
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a bill Thursday giving the state's Secretary of State flexibility in setting the filing period for presidential candidates, responding to the Democratic Partys efforts to change the 2008 primary calendar...
Belarus authorities have sentenced Alexander Milinkevich and three other opposition leaders to a fifteen-day jail term for attending an illegal demonstration after arresting them Thursday. At the peaceful rally in Minsk, the...
US v. I. Lewis Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Reggie B. Walton, April 27, 2006 [rejecting a motion to dismiss criminal charges against former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in connection with the...
The Republican leadership of the US House of Representatives on Thursday postponed debate on the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 in order to allow more time for the bill's supporters to secure...
Hurricane Katrina investigation report, US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, April 27, 2006 . Read the...
