Indonesia continues opposition to 'unnecessary' East Timor tribunal
Indonesia Thursday continued to characterize an international tribunal for the 1999 East Timor violence as "unnecessary" despite a UN report formally released Wednesday that called for international oversight . Rights groups have...
International brief ~ Bundestag calls for ICC investigation of Zimbabwe evictions
Leading Wednesday's international brief, in the strongest statement so far by a European governmental body, the German Bundestag has called on the German government to take several strong steps against the administration of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe...
A strong majority in Jordans House of Deputies , the country's lower house of parliament , voted Thursday to reject an extradition agreement between Jordan and the US. The vote followed several lawmakers' speeches blasting the United States...
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced Friday at the G8 summit that his country will begin withdrawing 300 of its 3,000 troops from Iraq as early as September, depending on security conditions. The announcement comes amid concerns...
Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes, passed by Canada's House of Commons on June 28, 2005 . Excerpt:WHEREAS the Parliament of Canada is committed...
Canadian parliament extends session to pass same-sex marriage bill
Canadian lawmakers will extend their current session into the summer to push through the contentious Civil Marriage Act , which would legalize same-sex marriage across Canada. Government Liberals thwarted the plan of opposition Conservatives, who have staunchly opposed the...
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld briefing on the military detention center at Guanatanamo Bay and other subjects, June 14, 2005 [saying that the US government had gone to great length and enormous expense to ensure that terror detainees at...
Rumsfeld defends prisoner treatment, says no reason to close Guantanamo Bay
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a Pentagon news conference Tuesday that the US government had gone to great length and enormous expense to ensure that terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay were well-treated and...
International brief ~ Sudan will not challenge ICC Darfur crimes probe
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail has told reporters that the Sudan government is not planning to challenge the recently announced probe into Darfur by the International Criminal Court . Ismail reiterated,...
Spector et al. v. Norwegian Cruise Lines Ltd., United States Supreme Court, June 6, 2005 [ruling that foreign cruise ships in US waters and ports are subject to federal civil rights and disability law, overturning a Fifth Circuit Court of...
