Indonesia Tuesday formally rejected a UN recommendation that an international tribunal investigate and try those accused of human rights violations in its former province of East Timor during the independence troubles there in 1999. While...
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In an interview with USA Today, President Bush Monday called for special-interest groups to "tone down the heated rhetoric" over the new US Supreme Court vacancy created by Friday's retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor and...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday that the US Congress should "correct its mistaken ways" and "stop interfering in the normal commercial exchanges" between the two nations in response to House objections to a...
Lawyers for the state of Israel have argued in court papers filed with the Israeli High Court that moving a portion of the fully-constructed Security Fence as requested by Palestinian villagers is precluded by cost, said to...
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo said in a statement Tuesday that she "welcomed" the endorsement of an impeachment complaint against her, eager for a chance to refute allegations of voter fraud in the 2004 national election. A controversial...
A member of Swaziland's Parliament says that King Mswati III has sent the country's proposed Constitution , adopted by the House of Assembly and Senate in June back to the country's parliament [official...
In an unusual move sidestepping parliament, the French Cabinet Monday removed the legal difference between "legitimate" children, born to married parents, and "natural" children, born to unmarried parents. The distinction had been established in the original 1804 French Napoleonic...
Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that allegations that he is the man in a photo taken during the 1979 hostage crisis are "baseless", according to report by the state IRNA news agency. An advisor...
Leading Monday's international brief, Sudanese Speaker of the National Assembly Ahmad Ibrahim al-Tahir has announced that the Sudanese Parliament will approve the draft interim constitution scheduled for final reading on Wednesday, July 6. The Sudan Parliament adopted...
US Army Reserve PFC Lynndie England , accused of abusing prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, faces new court-martial proceedings, including arraignment and a pre-trial hearing beginning Thursday at Fort Hood. On May 4, a...
