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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko announced Monday that he has appealed to the country's Constitutional Court a recently-passed bill he fears will illegally expand the cabinet's power at the expense of the presidency. The...

The court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada began Monday on charges of missing movement and conduct unbecoming an officer for Watada's refusal to be deployed to Iraq with his military unit. The...

Eight former Bangladeshi ministers face allegations of corruption Monday after Bangladeshi security forces arrested 13 former ministers and senior politicians in raids in Dhaka Sunday. The government cited recently promulgated emergency powers as the basis for the...

Australian Prime Minister John Howard spoke out Sunday in support of the Pentagon's decision to recharge 31-year-old David Hicks , the single Australian terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay , notwithstanding US inclusion of...

Bangladeshi security forces picked up 13 ex-ministers and senior politicians from their homes in raids in Dhaka Sunday. The government cited recently-promulgated emergency powers as the basis for the detentions. Bangladesh country has been in political...

The head of the UN Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) expressed concern Saturday about increased human rights violations by security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo , particularly those in...

A UK jury Thursday convicted Abdul Saleem of inciting racial hatred for his role in leading protests outside the Danish embassy in London in February 2006 against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that...

The Bangladesh High Court said Monday that it has banned the government from conducting any elections, including this month's upcoming national election, because of political instability in the country. The Chief Election Commissioner of the Bangladesh Election...

The Committee to Protect Journalists , an international press freedom group, lashed out Friday at new media rules imposed in Bangladesh Thursday in the wake of the government's declaration of a state of emergency earlier this...

Indonesia Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh announced Thursday that by the end of the month the state plans to bring a civil action against former president Haji Mohammad Suharto for alleged misuse of charitable funds. The suit...