Iraq Presidency Council withdraws objections to local elections law
Iraq's Presidency Council Wednesday withdrew its objections to a provincial elections law detailing the relationship between Iraq's central and local governments. In a statement issued Wednesday, the three-member Presidency Council, comprised of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Vice...
One in every 100 US adults is currently in prison, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States (PCS) . The report found that males were 17 times more...
The Cuban National Assembly on Sunday, by a unanimous show of hands, officially voted Raul Castro , 76, to the position of president, and also chose Jose Ramon Machado Ventura , 76, as the first vice president....
France police hold rogue bank trader suspected of massive fraud
Jerome Kerviel, a former trader at the French bank Societe Generale , turned himself in to French police Saturday in connection with an investigation of what caused the bank to lose more than $7 billion. Kerviel has been...
Japan parliament passes anti-terror bill with majority override
Japan's parliament approved new anti-terror legislation Friday that will grant an extension to a Japanese refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) , led by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda [official...
The South Korean Ministry of Justice on Monday said that 75 politicians and businessmen would receive amnesty as part of President Roh Moo-hyun's last round of presidential pardons. Among those granted amnesty is former chairman of the...
The New Jersey Senate Budget Committee Monday voted 8-4 to pass a bill designed to replace capital punishment with life in prison, paving the way for New Jersey to abolish the death penalty ...
US House approves surveillance bill without telecom immunity
The US House of Representatives passed the RESTORE Act of 2007 ("Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007") by a margin of 227-187 late Thursday without including a provision...
US House passes bill protecting gay workers from discrimination
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 235-184 in favor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act , legislation that would extend protections against workplace discrimination to gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. The bill covers hiring and...
Ashcroft urges telecom immunity for surveillance cooperation
Former US Attorney General John Ashcroft said in a Monday New York Times op-ed that he supports granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that complied with government requests for phone records following the September 11, 2001 terrorist...
