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EXPLORATIONS - Outlaws and Lawmen of the Wild West, Part 2 By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORAT
By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 March 2006 Hundreds of thousands of French poured into the streets Tuesday, in the latest, and largest, demonstration against an unpopular new employment law. The protests incl
While many Indonesians watch for possible changes in the nations criminal code, Indonesias House of Representatives has quietly passed changes to another law. The legislation is the revised Law on Representative Assemblies, also known as the MD3 law.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is explaining his company's position on gay rights legislation. The company has been attacked over its actions on lack of them on a proposal to ban discrimination/ against homosexuals. The bill was before legislature in
By Steve Mort Las Vegas, Nevada 16 November 2006 watch Internet Gambling Gaming industry leaders say Internet gambling will thrive despite a recent law effectively barring online betting in the United States. In October, President Bush signed legisl
By Steve Mort Hollywood, Florida 20 July 2007 A company in the southern U.S. state of Florida is offering a service to help people write their own laws. For a fee, the Law Store will help members of the public draft legislation and then get it enacte
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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 26 July 2006 The Bush administration has endorsed legislation to change U.S. law to accommodate a controversial anti-terrorism surveillance program that some critics have called illegal. A Senate hearing focused on the i
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 September 2007 A key congressional committee has approved legislation supporting democracy and human rights in Ethiopia. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where consideration by the House Foreign Affairs Co
U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law Monday sweeping new legislation regulating the nation's tobacco industry. The bill gives the federal government the ability to regulate the production and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Pre
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 19 September 2007 Legislation that would have given detainees held by the United States the right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts has been blocked in the Senate by lawmakers arguing the measure would undermine
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 May 2007 Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have staged rallies in Rome to commemorate Family Day. At issue is proposed legislation that would grant greater rights to unmarried couples including homosexuals. Sabina
By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 03 August 2007 The U.S. SenateThursday decisively adopted a new ethics law that supporters call the most sweeping reform in more than a generation. The Senate voted only two days after the House of Representatives overwhel
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 16 November 2007 The Democratically controlled U.S. House of Representatives late Thursday passed legislation on a 227 - 189 vote to restrict the government's power to eavesdrop on foreign terrorism suspects. VOA's Debora
U.S. President George Bush has signed legislation expanding the government's surveillance powers. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House the measure also protects telecommunication companies from lawsuits stemming from assistance they prov
LANZHOU, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Gansu Province, home to the country's earliest nuclear base, plans to draft a new law on radioactive pollution control this year, the local government said Saturday. Lawmakers in the landlocked province
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is considering the country's first national tobacco control law, according to a report released Wednesday. It is quite necessary to enact laws to control the dangers of smoking, says the report adop
To establish a more standard and transparent environment around charity donations in China and encourage involvement, the draft of the country's first charity law will be discussed during the Two Sessions. The country's first Charity Law-- a heated t
CCTV reporter Hou Na talked to lawmakers about their views and expectations on the charity law draft. The country's first Charity Law-- a heated topic during the two sessions. We see more and more people are making charity donations, it is a symbol o
It took more than a year for the drafting, reviewing, and the final pass of the new security-related legislation in Japan. Many scholars and members of the public cast doubts on the motives of the legislation, and the legal basis of it. One Japanese