Leaders of Canada's three opposition political parties said Thursday that the government should launch an expanded probe into situations where Canadian citizens have been investigated by federal authorities but tortured abroad, echoing a similar request made by human rights groups earlier this week. The request was prompted by the cases of Maher Arar and Ahmad [...]

A federal judge Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order stopping the Base Closure and Realignment Commission from removing fighter jets at Bradley Air National Guard base in Connecticut. Connecticut filed a lawsuit last month arguing that the proposed change, part of the Pentagon's base realignment plan, could not be made without the governor's approval. US [...]

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko sacked his cabinet Thursday and accepted the resignation of his national security chief in the face of accusations of corruption only eight months after he came into office on pledges to halt graft. Yushchenko named Yuriy Yekhanurov, a regional governor, as acting prime minister and ordered him to form a new [...]

A Georgian man who allegedly threw a grenade at President Bush while he was speaking in Tbilisi in May was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday. Vladimir Arutinian , who already has been charged and arrested in Georgia, was charged with two counts of attempting to kill Bush and possessing a firearm during a [...]

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 [...]