The European Union is expected to announce later Wednesday that it has postponed discussion scheduled for Thursday over the entry of Croatia into the Europe-wide regional organization. Entry talks were scheduled for March 17, but 21 of the 25 EU nations have expressed a desire to see the talks postponed in light of Croatia's perceived [...]

An ongoing diplomatic dispute between Japan and South Korea was taken to another level of intensity Wednesday, after a local Japanese prefecture approved a largely symbolic resolution calling for the creation of "Takeshima Day" to "celebrate Tokyo's claim of sovereignty" over the Dokdo volcanic islets , named in Japanese Takeshima . Japan's national government said [...]

The Handling of Detainees by UK Intelligence Personnel in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq, UK Intelligence and Security Committee, released March 10, 2005 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Senate minority leader Harry Reid warned Tuesday that Democrats would block all Senate business – short of military, national security and critical government services measures – if Republicans continued to push for a change in confirmation procedures to disallow filibusters to block judicial nominations. The warning came in a stiffly-worded letter to Republican majority leader [...]

The rebuilding process in Iraq could turn into the largest example of corruption and bribery in the modern world according to the annual Global Corruption Report issued Wednesday by Transparency International . TI warned that greater scrutiny of incoming funds and donations was necessary to ensure that all appropriations of financial resources were valid. It [...]

Surrounded by heavy security, the 275 Iraqis elected in January to the nation's first independent parliament in 50 years were sworn in Wednesday, even as several bombs were detonated in the area, attempting to disrupt the proceedings. Iraqi Interim President Ghazi al-Yawer gave a brief speech to the gathered members, urging them to work together [...]

According to a report in Wednesday's New York Times, military officials have said that at least 26 prisoner deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan have been concluded to be or are suspected of being the result of acts of criminal homicide. The number is much higher than indicated in a Pentagon report to Congress last week [...]

Riggs Bank , Citigroup , Bank of America and six other banks helped former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet create a secret network of accounts to hide assets from US examiners and international prosecutors, according to a report released Tuesday by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) . The new report concludes that Riggs' relationship [...]

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 16. The US Senate opens its session at 9 AM ET today, when it will consider S. Con. Res. 18 , the FY 2006 budget resolution. Watch a live webcast of the session. In committees, the Senate Foreign [...]

2004 Judicial Business of the United States Courts, Administrative Office of the US Courts, March 15, 2005 . Read the full text of the report as posted here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.