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Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the United Nations Secretary-General Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1564 of 18 September 2004, January 25, 2005. Excerpt from the executive summary:Based on a thorough analysis of the information gathered...

Preliminary Assessments of January 30 Election Process, International Mission for Iraqi Elections , January 30, 2005 [international monitoring mission preliminary report praising the poll in Iraq but stressing a need for greater transparency in campaign financing and expenditures, improvements in...

The Canadian-based International Mission for Iraqi Elections , a multinational group of election experts set up in December to monitor the January 30 vote and make recommendations for improvements in the Iraqi electoral process, issued a preliminary report...

Citing "constitutional errors", the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday overturned the controversial conviction and death sentence of British national Kenny Richey of Edinburgh. Richey will be released from death row in 90...

Leading Friday's international brief, a key member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement , now the ruling party in Southern Sudan, has expressed concern about the makeup of the proposed UN peacekeeping force to be deployed in March....

In anticipation of a run for governor by Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly , the Massachusetts Republican Party has pre-emptively registered website addresses that Reilly could have used as a campaign website. Despite the fact that...

The European Parliament Wednesday overwhelmingly endorsed the first proposed EU constitution . Parliamentarians passed a resolution backing the constitution 500-137 in an initial stage of a ratification process that is expected to...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez issued a presidential decree Tuesday creating a presidential and national land commission to implement the provisions of Venezuela's four year old land reform law. The law, called...

Echoing comments made last week by President Bush , Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter urged Congress Tuesday to put limits on asbestos liability lawsuits. Specter said asbestos lawsuits are causing companies to go...

Officials from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement have begun preparations to establish their regional capital city in Rumbek, some 560 miles south of the governmental capital city of Khartoum. The establishment of an independent southern capital in Sudan was...