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The Supreme Court of Nepal ordered Sunday that the Royal Commission for Corruption Control, under the control of King Gyanendra , explain the detention of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba within...

Nepali police Tuesday detained at least 250 pro-democracy activists - including a former deputy prime minister - for defying a ban on demonstrations in the Kathmandu city center. Protestors from seven major political parties took to the streets to...

Leading Friday's international brief, the main political opposition party in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance , has called on South African President Thabo Mbeki to reject a request by Zimbabwean officials for financial aid to support the...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, UN spokesman Penangnini Toure has announced that two UN peacekeepers serving in the UN Mission to Burundi peacekeeping force were found guilty of breaking the UN's new, strict code governing sexual conduct of...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, following a statement by military commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama , head of Fiji's military forces, that the army "will have no qualms about removing a government that will bring back chaos," Fiji Prime Minister...

Leading Friday's international brief, G8 leaders ending their two-day summit in Scotland issued a final statement saying that they deplored "recent events" in Zimbabwe that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of individuals being left homeless due...

Leading Monday's international brief, Sudanese Speaker of the National Assembly Ahmad Ibrahim al-Tahir has announced that the Sudanese Parliament will approve the draft interim constitution scheduled for final reading on Wednesday, July 6. The Sudan Parliament adopted...

Leading Friday's international brief, the special criminal tribunal created by the Sudanese government to begin the process of trying individuals alleged to have committed war crimes in Darfur is reportedly questioning its legal status to...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Argentine Supreme Court has struck down the nation's two amnesty laws preventing former military and government officials from being investigated and prosecuted for alleged crimes and human rights abuses during...

Leading Thursday's international brief, 54 residents from a state-created squatter settlement on the northern border of Zimbabwean captal city Harare have taken their attempt to prevent the government from demolishing their homes to the nation's Supreme Court. Residents of...