The US House on Wednesday voted to keep language in an emergency appropriations bill that would block the transfer of operations at six US ports to United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World , despite the company's decision to transfer all US port operations to an American company. DP World confirmed Wednesday that it will sell [...]

Leading Thursday's international brief, a Ugandan high court judge has refused to grant a defense motion that would have dismissed charges of treason and concealment of treason against Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye . Besigye's lawyers had argued that the prosecution's indictment of Besigye was "incurably defective" and the charges should be dismissed. The high [...]

Motion by USA for Reconsideration of the Court's 1681 Order Striking All Aviation Evidence in the Zacarias Moussaoui Case, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, March 16, 2006 . Read the full text of the government motion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Government prosecutors in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial asked US District Judge Leonie Brinkema late Wednesday to reconsider her Tuesday order prohibiting the government from presenting the aviation portion of its case, including witnesses, testimony, and exhibits. Brinkema barred the evidence after being informed that a government attorney violated the judge's witness sequestration ruling and [...]

Decision on possible criminal proceedings in the case of Jyllands-Posten's article "The Face of Muhammed", Denmark Director of Public Prosecutions, March 15, 2006 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Orders Resolving Numerous Broadcast Television Indecency Complaints, US Federal Communications Commission, March 15, 2006. Read the full text of FCC 06-17 on Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts Between February 2, 2002 and March 8, 2005; FCC 06-18 on Complaints Against Various Television Licensees Concerning their December 31, 2004 Broadcast of the Program "Without A Trace"; [...]

Explanation of Vote by Ambassador John R. Bolton, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Human Rights Council Draft Resolution, in the General Assembly, March 15, 2006 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Documents on FBI monitoring of anti-war activities by the Pittsburgh-based Thomas Merton Center for Peace & Justice, released by the ACLU pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, March 14, 2006. Read the documents as listed on an ACLU press release. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Denmark's Director of Public Prosecutions Henning Fode has decided not to press criminal charges against Jyllands-Posten , the Danish newspaper that first published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad which last month set off worldwide protests amongst Muslims leading to multiple deaths, the burning of Danish embassy buildings, and boycotts of Danish goods. The top prosecutor [...]

Four former senior Kenyan government officials and a top businessman are to be charged with corruption for their roles in a $1 billion scam known as the Goldenberg affair . The graft charges will be the first laid by the administration of President Mwai Kibaki , who was elected to office in 2002 due largely [...]