The United States has written the blueprints for a new constitution in Bosnia that aims to create a more centrally governed parliamentary democracy, the Guardian reported Thursday. The text is the result of seven months...
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The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Pat Roberts (R-KS) , has told Senate leaders that Congress should not push for a probe into the leak of classified information on secret prisons to the Washington Post...
As Australia's parliament begins debating tough new anti-terrorism laws , Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday that he is considering revoking the citizenship of Australians who are convicted of terrorism crimes. Howard and Attorney General...
Turkey can ban the wearing of headscarves in public and private universities, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday. In its judgment , which is not subject to appeal, the court rejected Leyla Sahin's...
Several members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee predicted in a hearing Wednesday that a bill to allow the televising of US Supreme Court proceedings will soon be passed by Congress. The bill...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommitee on the Constitution approved a proposed constitutional amendment, the Marriage Protection Amendment , in a 5-4 vote Wednesday. The amendment, which defines marriage as a union between a man and...
US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has proposed legislation that would block suspected foreign terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay from using US courts to challenge their detentions. The amendment to the 2006 defense appropriations bill...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke is taking the blame for a defeat Wednesday in the UK House of Commons of a key provision of the British government's proposed Terrorism Bill that would...
US Senate Democrats Wednesday launched their first concerted effort to challenge the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court by requesting information regarding a 2002 case he participated in involving mutual...
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two men on charges that they sought to smuggle three surface-to-air missiles into the US for use abroad. Chao Tung Wu and Yi Qing Chen were charged under a 2004 anti-terror law...
