Opposition leader and former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been exiled from Bangladesh by President Iajuddin Ahmed's emergency government, according to a Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs statement confirmed to...
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Protests delayed a Wednesday Ukrainian Constitutional Court hearing to determine the legality of the April 2 decree by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko that ordered parliament dissolved and new elections held. Riot police...
The Somali transitional government dismissed former parliamentary speaker Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden and 29 other parliamentary members on Tuesday in what is purported to be an attempt to consolidate the government's power over the legislature....
A gay rights bill that would allow same-sex couples in Oregon to enter into contractual relationships affording them the benefits available to married couples passed in the Oregon House of Representatives Tuesday. A second...
A delegation of European Parliament members told two subcommittees of the US House of Representatives Tuesday that the use of extraordinary renditions by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is...
US Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) announced Tuesday that the Senate Appropriations Committee he chairs has agreed to adopt new standards governing so-called earmarks inserted by legislators into bills to...
Ugandan police fired on a Kampala press briefing held by political activists and opposition leaders on Tuesday, five days after violent protests caused the deaths of three people . Leaders of the Forum for Democratic Change ,...
The Polish National Remembrance Institute ruled Tuesday that former Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski and eight former officials can be charged with "Communist crimes" for imposing martial law in...
Charges have been dropped against a US Marine in exchange for his testimony in hearings regarding the November 2005 killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha , the Marine Corps announced Tuesday. Sgt. Sanick Dela...
Egypt police have arrested an Egyptian engineer on charges of spying on an atomic research program for Israel, AP reported Tuesday. According to Egyptian High State Security Prosecutor Hisham Badawi, Muhammad Sayed Saber allegedly gave files...
