Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday outlined tough new anti-terror laws that would give police great power to electronically track suspects and detain them for up to 48 hours. Howard offered details on the proposal at a news conference ahead of a meeting of the Council of Australian Governments later this month to discuss [...]

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq officially announced Thursday that a referendum on the draft Iraqi constitution would be held October 15 , but UN officials said they were still waiting for a final version of the draft to print and distribute prior to the referendum. The National Assembly failed to approve the draft at [...]

The chief lawyer for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein said Thursday that Hussein has not confessed to executions or directing a bloody campaign against Iraqi Kurds that reportedly killed thousands. Khalil Dulaimi said in a statement to the media that Hussein had not been implicated in the investigations conducted thus far. Earlier this week, Iraqi [...]

An opposition Egyptian presidential candidate said Thursday that he would seek a rerun of elections held Wednesday after reports from monitors that widespread fraud and violations had occurred . Ayman Nour , the best-known of nine challengers to current Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak , said he will call for another vote in Egypt's first multi-candidate [...]

Protections for Subjects in Human Research, EPA, released on September 7, 2005 . Read the full text of the proposed rule here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Association of Irritated Residents v. U.S. EPA, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, September 7, 2005 . Excerpt: Petitioners raise a number of issues, but the most significant is the EPA's authority to set a deadline that extends past 2006. We deny the petitions for review because we hold that the 2010 [...]

Remarks at the funeral of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, President George W. Bush, September 7, 2005. Excerpt: William Rehnquist led the Court for nearly two decades, and earned a place among our greatest chief justices. He built consensus through openness and collegiality. He was a distinguished scholar of the Constitution and a superb administrator [...]

AP is reporting that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will veto a bill seeking to legalize same-sex marriage in California , according to a spokeswoman. The announcement follows a statement from the Governor's office late Tuesday on initial passage of AB 849 through the state Assembly in which a spokeswoman said "The people spoke when they passed [...]

Hurricane Katrina survivors already in financial distress face a second hit if they do not qualify under stricter federal bankrupcty qualifications set to take effect Oct. 17. In addition to logistical difficulties of filing for those in areas devastated by the storm, changes made by the Bankrupcty Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act , approved [...]

The Bush administration has asked the US Supreme Court to reject an appeal from a US DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision supporting the administration's use of military commissions to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay . Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who once served as Osama bin Laden's driver, is challenging procedures used in the [...]