The Nepal Bar Association has called for the immediate dissolution of the royal government and new parliamentary elections after approving a resolution Sunday that characterized the 1 February declaration of a state of emergency by King Gyanendra as an 'extreme violation' of the Nepalese Constitution. The association representing over 10,000 legal professionals in Nepal made [...]

The South Korean Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs announced Monday a plan to enact a law that would allow families of South Koreans kidnapped by the North Korean government in the 1960s and '70s to recover against South Korea for abuses that occurred as a result. Officials in South Korea were responsible for [...]

A prosecutor in the trial of former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian said in his opening remarks Monday that Al-Arian was at one time the most powerful man in an organization responsible for the deaths of more than 100 people in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. The former computer science [...]

Voters in Chad went to the polls Monday to decide whether the current limitation of two terms on the country's president should be removed from Chad's constitution . The referendum is being held in response to a bill passed by the Chad Parliament that will remove all term limits from the constitution if approval is [...]

A trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ruled Monday that former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj would be granted provisional release pending his war crimes trial at The Hague, but immediately stayed the order for 24 hours to allow filing of a proscution appeal under Rule 65 (F) of the [...]

Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov announced Monday that he had issued an international arrest warrant for former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev , believed to be hiding in Moscow, Russia after fleeing there following the April ouster of the Krygyz government after popular protests after a disputed election. Beknazarov said that he had sufficient evidence [...]

A Washington state judge Monday rejected the Republican challenge to Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire and upheld the 2004 gubernatorial election results that put her in office after multiple recounts, finding no evidence of fraud. Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges acknowledged flaws in the voting procedure but said "this court is not in the [...]

Cambodia's opposition Sam Rainsy Party called on the government Monday to organize a program that would allow ordinary citzens the chance to contribute to the Khmer Rouge trial fund. The Cambodian government had already committed to contributing $13 million to the trials but now claims that it can afford to pay just over $1 million. [...]

The president of Australia's Law Council , the official voice of lawyers throughout Australia, criticized wide-ranging anti-terrorism powers granted to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in testimony Monday before an Australian parliamentary committee. The ASIO has the power to detain individuals for up to a week without having to file a criminal charge and can [...]

US Air Force Gen. Richard Myers , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that the two or three reported incidents of deliberate Koran abuse were not likely to result in "court-martial activity." Five incidents of Koran abuse , not all of which were deliberate, were reported by the US military last week [...]