A report submitted by Switzerland Friday to the UN General Assembly in its capacity as guardian of the Geneva Conventions called on Israel to promise disassembly of the West Bank Security Fence if and when the threat of Palestinian suicide bombings subsides. The report also urged swift action by the Palestinian authority to continue efforts [...]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency , et al., United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, July 15, 2005 . Excerpt: A "determination of endangerment to public health," the court said in Ethyl, "is necessarily a question of policy that is to be based on an assessment of [...]
An official from the Iraqi Special Tribunal established to try Saddam Hussein said Saturday that no date has been set for the former dictator's trial, despite a report earlier this week that the date would be set soon . Responding to reports that the trial could take place in the next two months, the official [...]
The US military command in Iraq Saturday announced charges against eleven US soldiers for violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice by assaulting several suspected insurgents. The charges were filed Wednesday and came after another soldier provided information on the alleged abuse. The Army's Criminal Investigation Division. is investigating to determine if the troops will [...]
Iraq's deputy UN ambassador Fesial al-Istrabadi said Friday that independent investigators have found evidence of "gross mismanagement" and potential corruption in the UN Oil-for-Food program related to currency exchange rates with the fluctuating dinar. Independent Inquiry Committee investigators, led by former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker , have been looking into questionable expenditures by [...]
Gerry Spence , the lawyer for Brandon Mayfield, the Muslim-convert Portland attorney arrested and accused of involvement in Madrid's 2004 terrorist bombings, said in court Friday that FBI agents intentionally withheld information from a judge in order to obtain a material witness arrest warrant for his client. Spence said the government did not disclose that [...]
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was correct in denying a nonprofit group's petition to regulate industrial gases and automobile emission pollutants that contribute to global warming . After the EPA rejected the request by the International Center for Technology Assessment , several states and cities [...]
Shays, et al. v. Federal Election Commission , US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, July 15, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, July 15, 2005 . Excerpt: Hamdan claims that AR 190-8 entitles him to have a "competent tribunal" determine his status. But we believe the military commission is such a tribunal. The regulations specify that such a "competent tribunal" shall be [...]
Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America v. US Department of Agriculture, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 14, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
