Thailand administrative court will rule mid-May on general election annulment
The Administrative Court of Thailand said Tuesday that it will probably release a decision in mid-May on whether the country's April 2 general election should be annulled. Considering its overlapping jurisdiction with two other Thai...
France PM says immigration bill could be revised to address religious concerns
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin expressed support Tuesday for a proposed immigration law , but indicated that its language could be amended after meeting over the weekend with leaders of the...
Hundreds of thousands of US immigrants boycotted work and participated in protests across the country Monday as part of the "Day Without Immigrants" , a nationwide, day-long effort to influence the ongoing immigration reform debate...
Over 1,000 protesters gathered in Minsk Monday to call for the release of opposition politicians in Belarus , including Alexander Milinkevich , who was jailed last week for attending an illegal demonstration....
Egypt extends emergency law as crackdown on protesters continues
The Egyptian parliament on Sunday extended the country's emergency laws for two more years in order to allow more time for the government to draft anti-terrorism legislation. The emergency laws, which would have expired in June, were...
Lester Crawford , the embattled former head of the US Food and Drug Administration who stepped down in September 2005 after only three months in office in the midst of a furor over the...
A Review of the FBI's Investigative Activities Concerning Potential Protesters at the 2004 Democratic and Republican National Political Conventions, Special Report, US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, April 2006. Read the full text of the report ....
FBI did not target political convention protesters improperly: DOJ report
The US Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General reported Friday that the FBI did not use the threat of terrorism investigations to intimidate political protesters at the 2004 Democratic and Republican national...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has expressed concern at the human rights situation in Ethiopia after making a brief first-hand assessment in a visit earlier this week and holding talks...
Egypt judges appear before disciplinary panel over election fraud allegations
Two Egyptian judges faced disciplinary hearings at the Egyptian Supreme Court Thursday for their criticisms of parliamentary elections last year, which they and eight other judges claimed were marred by fraud. The two judges, Hesham el-Bastawisy and...
