Nine northeastern US states are working on a plan to cap and then reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions from power facilities, an agreement which would see the states breaking with President Bush, who earlier this summer rejected...
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Nine US states reject Bush policy, contemplate pact on greenhouse gases
DOJ seeks award of legal costs in tobacco trial
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Stevens calls two controversial Supreme Court decisions "unwise"
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Iraqi parliament cancels vote on constitution draft
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Sunni Arabs to seek new elections to settle Iraqi constitution disputes
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Washington court allows recall petition of Spokane mayor to proceed
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US soldier sentenced in Afghan abuse case, Karzai criticizes leniency
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Iraqi constitution draft [AP]
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Navajo tribal court jurisdiction ruling [9th Circuit]
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US pushes for Iran to be called before UN Security Council for nuclear program
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The US Department of Justice said Wednesday that tobacco companies should be responsible for more than $140 million in US government costs associated with bringing a racketeering lawsuit against the industry for misleading the public about the...
US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has continued to candidly voice his opinions by calling the outcomes of two prominent cases decided by the Supreme Court this term "unwise" while speaking at a bar association meeting...
AP is reporting that a parliamentary spokesman has said that the National Assembly will not meet as planned on Thursday to consider Iraq's draft constitution . The spokesman also said that no date for a...
Sunni Arabs are demanding that new elections be held to settle remaining disputes in the Iraqi draft constitution as the document is anticipated to be approved by parliament Thursday. Hussein Al Falluji vowed that...
The Washington State Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a judge's ruling that a recall petition against Spokane Mayor Jim West can proceed. Shannon Sullivan filed the petition in May, alleging that West used his elected...
US soldier Glendale Wells was sentenced Wednesday to two months in prison by a military court for his role in abusing an Afghan detainee known as Dilawar , who died in December 2002 at Bagram Control Point [Global...
Complete text of the draft Iraqi constitution, as translated from the Arabic by the Associated Press :PREAMBLECHAPTER ONE: BASIC PRINCIPLESCHAPTER TWO: RIGHTS AND FREEDOMSPART ONE: RIGHTSPART TWO: FREEDOMSCHAPTER THREE: THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIESPART ONE: THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITYPART TWO:...
Means v. Navajo Nation, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 24, 2005 ....
An anonymous Western diplomat told AFP Wednesday that the United States is lobbying for Iran to go before the UN Security Council if it does not comply with a September 3 deadline to stop the nuclear fuel...
