Sheik Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai, a prominent Sunni cleric of the Association of Muslim Scholars , urged President Jalal Talabani on Friday to fulfill an earlier promise to pardon some 10,500 insurgents imprisoned by US forces. His...
Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, defense contractor Raytheon Company has announced that it's placed chief financial officer Edward S. Pliner and another employee on administrative leave and also offered to settle a SEC inquiry into...
Dutch Minister for European Affairs Atzo Nicolai said Friday that the scheduled June 1 Netherlands referendum on the European constitution will not be delayed in the...
Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are urging the United States to drop its opposition to a third term for current Director General Mohamed ElBaradei . The US has become increasingly displeased with...
The US Senate unanimously approved a measure Thursday evening that would bar government agencies from using taxpayer funds to produce video press releases disguised as real news. The amendment , whose purpose is to "prohibit...
Leading Friday's international brief, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque announced Friday that Cuba rejected the UN Human Rights Commission resolution calling on Cuba to allow a special envoy to visit...
The hopes of Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for a presidential run in the 2006 national election remained uncertain Friday after a strange turn of events Thursday that saw current Mexican president Vicente Fox...
In Friday's environmental law news, a number of environmental groups have filed a complaint in federal court in San Francisco that alleges 14 government agencies have violated the US Energy Policy Act , which requires...
Human Rights Watch said in a new report Friday that governments in both North America and Europe have negligently relied upon promises of humane treatment in order to transfer terror suspects to states with well-established records...
Florida circuit judge George Greer ordered the Florida Department of Children and Families on Thursday to release the records of its investigation into allegations that Terri Schiavo was abused prior to her...