Egyptian judges have threatened not to supervise presidential and parliamentary elections due later this year unless the government amends laws which limit judicial power and prevent the convening of free and fair elections. The judges say that...

In an urgent appeal at a press conference in Santiago Friday, a coalition of leading human rights groups urged the Chilean Supreme Court to reconsider its January 25 decision to shut down unconcluded investigations of human rights violations [JURIST...

French commentators suggested Friday that a televised appeal by French President Jacques Chirac in a "town hall"-style meeting with young people broadcast Thursday evening and seen by over 9,000,000 viewers ...

New US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings castigated senior departmental officials Friday over the controversial hiring of conservative commentator Armstrong Williams to plug the No Child Left Behind Act . Williams was investigated by...

Sheik Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai, a prominent Sunni cleric of the Association of Muslim Scholars , urged President Jalal Talabani on Friday to fulfill an earlier promise to pardon some 10,500 insurgents imprisoned by US forces. His...

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, defense contractor Raytheon Company has announced that it's placed chief financial officer Edward S. Pliner and another employee on administrative leave and also offered to settle a SEC inquiry into...

Dutch Minister for European Affairs Atzo Nicolai said Friday that the scheduled June 1 Netherlands referendum on the European constitution will not be delayed in the...

Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are urging the United States to drop its opposition to a third term for current Director General Mohamed ElBaradei . The US has become increasingly displeased with...

The US Senate unanimously approved a measure Thursday evening that would bar government agencies from using taxpayer funds to produce video press releases disguised as real news. The amendment , whose purpose is to "prohibit...

Leading Friday's international brief, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque announced Friday that Cuba rejected the UN Human Rights Commission resolution calling on Cuba to allow a special envoy to visit...