A Common Pleas Court judge will consider legal arguments from Philadelphia and the National Rifle Association today on whether five local gun-control laws passed last month should be enforced.
A bill that would allow a person to carry a gun in vehicles other than public transit without having a concealed carry permit has become a multi-pronged crime bill with get-tough sentencing provisions.
Chicago Alderman Dick Mell forgot to register his guns with the Chicago Police Department this year. He's required to do so under one of the toughest gun laws in the country, a law he helped pass.Mell first sought to play
Chicago Alderman Richard Mell forgot to re-register his guns. No problem — he'll just write a new law. Mell forgot to re-register the weapons as required every year by the ordinance that he helped to pass as one of the
In its edition of 19 May 2008, the leading French newspaper, Le Monde, quoted President Isaias Afwerki as underscoring that Eritrea's political process has been impeded due to the TPLF regime's war of aggression and continued interference on the part
The fresh outbreak of fighting in Burundi could roll back valuable progress made since a peace agreement was reached in 2000, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned in a new report made public today.
Despite progress, efforts to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers are too little and too late for many children, according to the 2008 Child Soldiers Global Report, launched today by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child
Department Spokesman McCormack (May 20): "We congratulate Ma Ying-jeou on his inauguration. We look forward to working with Taiwan's new leaders and maintaining the vibrancy in our economic and people-to-people relationship. We welcome initiatives to reduce tension in the Taiwan
Cuba's current regime seeks to legitimize itself through initiatives which fail to address fundamental economic flaws or promote basic freedoms denied to the Cuban people. May 21 will mark a "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People." Full Text
Deputy Assistant Secretary Marciel (May 20): "...We are focused on the humanitarian disaster ... while recognizing that the best hope for a successful intervention lies in a decision by the Burmese regime to permit the international community to provide the
Biodetection Technologies is an internationally recognized event for experts in detection and identification of biological and chemical threats. Delivering this year's opening keynote address will be Robert Hooks, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for WMD and Biodefense from the U.S. Department
Ukraine has a stake in the study and use of knowhow of Switzerland, which is one of the most influential nations in Europe's finance and economy market, in the creation of socially oriented free market economy and deepening of relations
The Agricultural Policy Ministry expects an increase of the rape yield to 2.2 million tons against previous forecast at 1.6 million tons in 2008, Deputy Agricultural Policy Minister Yaroslav Hadzalo addressed a business forum in frames of the EBRD annual
