The US State Department Tuesday laid down additional rules and procedures governing the operation of US private security contractors working with its personnel in Iraq. The new rules, supplementing a series of interim measures announced...
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As many as six additional former Nigerian governors will be charged with corruption by the end of the year, Nigerian anti-corruption czar Nuhu Ribadu said Tuesday. Ribadu, the chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [official...
The French parliament passed a strict immigration bill Tuesday that requires language and cultural knowledge tests, as well as optional DNA testing, for immigrants who want to join their families in France. The bill...
The US State Department cannot account for most of the $1.2 billion that it paid to a private contractor hired to train Iraqi police forces, according to an interim review report from...
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been barred from leaving Pakistan in violation of an amnesty agreement signed by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf , according to her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Tuesday. As...
The United States and the European Commission (EC) Tuesday announced plans for multinational negotiation of an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to promote international enforcement of copyright law . Talks...
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev Tuesday signed into law amendments to the Kyrgyz constitution approved by citizen vote in a constitutional referendum Sunday. Bakiyev also issued a decree Tuesday setting...
US District Judge James Payne of the Northern District of Oklahoma Monday dismissed a federal lawsuit which alleged that a recently approved state law limiting government privileges to illegal immigrants is unfair to all immigrants. The lawsuit...
Serbia's Security Information Agency has located former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic and is considering apprehending him, Serbian human rights activist Natasa Kandic said Tuesday. Once captured, Mladic can...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and ranking Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) on Monday sent a letter to White House counsel Fred Fielding demanding the Bush administration's compliance with subpoenas [press...
