Romanian President Traian Basescu has called for a national referendum to allow citizens to vote on amendments to the constitution aimed at reducing corruption. In a speech to parliament...

A law is currently being drafted in the Rwandan Parliament that would limit families to having three children in order to curb increasing poverty levels , an official said Wednesday. Although the law as drafted does...

The Serbian Parliament voted Thursday to reject a United Nations plan released by the United Nations that calls for Kosovo's autonomy and for the right of Kosovo to govern itself as a...

A federal court in California sentenced two former Enron executives Wednesday to probation for their roles in Enron's manipulation of electricity supplies during the 2000-01 West Coast energy crisis. Timothy Belden , former head of...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and drug manufacturer Merck Pharmaceuticals reached a $2.3 billion agreement on Wednesday that will settle all outstanding tax disputes from 1993 to 2006. According to an IRS statement, the settlement,...

The Nigerian House of Representatives held public hearings Wednesday on a proposed bill to criminalize homosexuality . The bill would authorize a maximum five-year sentence for any person found to be openly gay or practicing...

The trial of 29 people suspected of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people began Thursday in the National Court of Spain. The defendants , mostly of Moroccan descent, are charged...

Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will escape jail time after a defense lawyer for BALCO founder Victor Conte admitted Wednesday in court filings that he allowed reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada ...

On the same day the defense rested in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , US District Judge Reggie B. Walton on Wednesday ruled against Libby on several issues after it became clear...

UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer on Wednesday backed a proposal to allow police officers to question terror suspects after they have been formally charged. Following a speech defending the UK Human Rights Act [text; backgrounder; JURIST...