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Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 9:00am MSD
Identification - In response to a recommendation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, the government of Burkina Faso has announced a national program to register all citizens in the next 12 months, at...
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Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 9:00am MSD
International Law - On May 30, 2009, the Group of Eight countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) agreed to work on creating a common solution for bringing pirates from African waters...
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Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 9:00am MSD
Government Ethics - The disclosure of expenses of the Members of Parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom monetary allowances that Members may claim if an expense is incurred during the performance of their Parliamentary duties has caused...
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Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 9:00am MSD
International Law - The European Community (EC) and the United States have had a longstanding dispute on hormone-treated beef. In the early 1990s, due to consumer concerns about food safety arising from mad cow disease, the EC introduced a...