Nation Jun 02 FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein The following is the entire press statement from FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein dissenting on the agency's majority vote to ease broadcast ownership rules.
Nation Jun 02 FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy The following is the entire prepared statement from FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy on the agency's vote on June 2.
Politics May 19 High Court Allows State Discount Drug Program The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Maine-run program that would require pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prescription drug prices for the poor and uninsured, but warned that the program may not stand up to future legal scrutiny.
Politics May 15 Roh Muh-hyun: Profile of the South Korean Leader Following a campaign focused on ending labor conflicts, bridging regional rivalries and working with North Korea, Roh Muh-hyun was elected president of the Republic of Korea in December 2002.
World May 09 U.S. Draft Resolution on Iraq U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte introduced this resolution outlining the plans for postwar Iraq to the U.N. Security Council. It calls for phasing out the U.N. Oil for Food program and replacing it with a program administered by the U.S. and…
Politics Apr 29 Supreme Court Allows Criminal Immigrants' Detention The United States Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants who have committed serious crimes and already served their sentences can be detained in prison without bail while awaiting their deportation hearings.
World Apr 17 U.N. Rejects Bid to Censure Russia on Alleged Chechnya Abuses The United Nations Human Rights Commission rejected Wednesday the latest bid by the European Union to formally censure Russia for alleged human rights violations in the war-torn republic of Chechnya.
Politics Apr 11 Putin, Chirac, Schroeder Discuss Post-Saddam Iraq The leaders of France, Germany and Russia, all of whom have publicly opposed the war in Iraq, said Friday that Washington should give the United Nations a leading role in the governance of post-war Iraq.
Politics Apr 07 Supreme Court Upholds Cross Burning Ban The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold a state law banning cross burning carried out with the intent to intimidate, ruling that the act is an instrument of terror and not a form of expression protected by the First…
Politics Apr 01 Supreme Court Tackles Debate Over Affirmative Action The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two highly anticipated University of Michigan affirmative action cases that may prove to be the most important civil rights debate before the high court in decades.