European Union (Amendment) Bill and the Lisbon Treaty: Implications for the UK Constitution, UK House of Lords Constitution Committee, March 28, 2008 [report finding that the treaty would not affect UK sovereignty, but saying it is important for Parliament to...

Tenth report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1595 (2005), 1636 (2005), 1644 (2005), 1686 (2006), and 1748 (2007), March 28, 2006 [latest report of the probe headed by D.A. Bellemare looking into the...

Both houses of the UK parliament should approve any UK government proposal to opt-in or opt-out of certain policy provisions of the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon ,...

A criminal network may have been responsible for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) said Friday. In a press briefing [recorded...

Executive Order 08-01: Illegal Immigration Control Order, Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri, March 27, 2008 [requiring state agencies and companies to verify the legal status of their employees when they do business with the state and granting state law enforcement...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned a film made by far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders that criticizes the Koran, calling it "offensively anti-Islamic." In a statement , Ban said:I condemn, in the...

Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila pleaded not guilty Friday to 19 counts of conspiracy, false statements, wire fraud, federal program fraud and tax crimes related to campaign financing, and other...

US military prosecutors Friday dropped all charges against a US Marine charged in connection with the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in November 2005. Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum had...

Over 100 protesters rallied near a United Nations facility in Kathmandu on Friday, demonstrating against China's recent crackdown on pro-Tibet protests . Nepalese police arrested around 60 protesters, while about 20 others, reportedly Tibetan high school students, scaled...

Chad's Higher Judicial Council on Friday recommended that Chadian President Idriss Deby pardon six French aid workers convicted in Chad in December of attempting to kidnap 103 African children. Deby said...