AP is reporting that the American Bar Association has given US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts a "well-qualified" rating, the highest recommendation given by the ABA to judicial nominees. An ABA committee was formed...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has said that North Korea would consider returning to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if the US stops threatening the country, a Russian envoy who recently met with Kim said...
A series of almost simultaneous attacks and riots in seven of Guatemala's prisons Monday has left 31 inmates dead and many more injured. Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann said the gun and knife attacks at prisons around...
The Iraqi National Assembly has voted unanimously to allow a seven-day extension to allow Iraq's constitutional committee time to finish drafting the Iraqi constitution . From Baghdad, the Iraq the Model weblog carries updates on...
Iraq's National Assembly has just convened its Monday evening session to consider Iraq's draft constitution . As reported earlier today on JURIST's Paper Chase, there have been conflicting reports over whether an agreement on the draft has...
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AP is reporting that a Shiite member of Iraq's constitutional committee is saying that an agreement, on all but two issues, will be referred to Iraq's National Assembly. As of Monday morning, the committee charged with drafting...
AP is reporting that, according to a Shiite lawmaker, Monday's Iraqi parliament session on the draft Iraqi constitution has been postponed for two hours. The draft constitution must be submitted to the National Assembly Monday in...
All eight Democratic members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Friday, asking him to reconsider his decision not to release documents written by US Supreme Court nominee...
AP is reporting that President Bush has said that new Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be given a US visa so that he can attend UN meetings in New York. Earlier this week,...