Denmark wants EU constitution in place by 2009 parliamentary elections
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday called for the European constitution to be in place before the 2009 European parliamentary elections. Rasmussen acknowledged that some changes to the...
The US Supreme Court Friday granted certiorari in five cases and ordered all briefings on a challenge to the limits on pre-election advertisements introduced as part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform...
Manual for Military Commissions, US Department of Defense, January 18, 2007 . Read the full...
Bush pushes legislation to bar discrimination based on genetic testing
President Bush Wednesday urged Congress to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 , promoting genetic testing for disease by making genetic discrimination illegal. In a speech at the National Institutes of Health [official...
Two US soldiers sentenced to prison for Iraqi detainee killings
US Army Specialist William Hunsaker has received an 18-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Thursday to murder, attempted murder and obstruction of justice charges relating to the killing of several Iraqi detainees after a May...
Russia law forces non-compliant NGOs to shut down operations
Several domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Russia will be forced to shut down after missing Wednesday's deadline to obtain the necessary permits required by a controversial new law. Foreign-funded NGOs are required to register with the...
Russian hockey team Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Wednesday sued Evgeni Malkin, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the NHL in a dispute over the star hockey player's move from Russia to the National Hockey League, the...
