Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has warned that should China's National People's Congress enact an "anti-secession" law aimed at keeping Taiwan from becoming independent, Taiwan will enact its own "anti-annexation" law and might hold a referendum. Chen urged the Beijing to "think hard" about an anti-secession bill that will not benefit either side and will likely [...]

The Chinese Ministry of Education announced Friday that China's current restriction on marriage and childbearing for university students will be lifted. An official with the MOE student affairs department acknowledged that a new draft regulation on college student management will no longer have articles prohibiting university students getting married and having children while in school. [...]

Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University School of Law: "Although I have been very critical of the President, I write to report how thrilled I was to hear his second-term acceptance speech. He may not have written it, but he ratified it and spoke it and that's good enough for me. "We are led, by events and [...]

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, Fidelity Investments announced two more traders have left the firm over the government's investigation into employees who inappropriately solicited and received expensive gifts and entertainment from brokers who wanted the company's business. This is the second set of traders to leave the firm over the SEC and company's [...]

Jack Balkin, Yale Law School: "I liked Bush's second inaugural address, which argued for the cause of freedom around the world, very much. I also liked his first inaugural address, which sounded very moderate, spoke of justice, tolerance, and aid to the poor, and pledged to work together with everyone. However, I also remember that [...]

Judges in Malawi began their first strike late Thursday, refusing to hear cases until they receive a fleet of new cars – a promise made by former President Bakili Muluzi . Malawi Attorney General Ralph Kasambara said that the unfortunate part of the situation is that current President Bingu wa Mutharika is being held accountable [...]

AP is reporting that FCC officials have confirmed that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell will announce his resignation from the Commission Friday. A publicly-unconfirmed report of a possible announcement was carried early this morning in the Wall Street Journal. Powell's tenure as Commission chair was marked by controversy over telecommunications deregulation and, more recently, [...]

US bankruptcy court Judge Letitia Clark ruled late Thursday that Russian oil company Yukos cannot seek information as to whether the Russian state Gazprom monopoly illegally took part in the sale of Yukos' main oil-producing unit. Yukos had asked the judge to allow such inquiries so the company can proceed with its plans to sue [...]

The US Army has charged Sgt. Kevin Benderman for refusing to return to Iraq for a second tour of duty because he now objects to war, an Army spokesman from Fort Stewart Georgia said late Thursday. Benderman, an Army mechanic with 10 years in the military and eight months in Iraq in 2003, has been [...]

An Irish appeals court Friday quashed the only criminal conviction stemming from the 1998 Omagh bombing which killed twenty-nine people and injured hundreds more in the largest terror attack in the history of the Northern Ireland "troubles". Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Real IRA . The Court of Criminal Appeal in Dublin [...]