Constitutional Crisis In A Nuclear State
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has dismissed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry,   alleging that he misused his office.      While the government officially denies it,   Chaudhry has been placed under house arrest, surrounded by a police barricade to prevent visitors:      "You cannot stop us from entering the residence of Iftikhar Chaudhry," (Qazi Hussain Ahmed, President of the Islamist opposition alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal) told police, and then crossed the barricade.    The situation forced the police personnel to call reinforcement to foil the attempt of the opposition leaders.    Chaudry's "misuse of office" was to investigate   the disappearances of four hundred people, many of them human rights workers, who were arrested since the War on Terrorism began, as well as to prevent the sale of a government-run steel mill and the conversion of a public park in Islamabad to a privately-run mini golf club.    Chaudry's dismissal has provoked a constitutional crisis in Pakistan.  Of deep concern is that Pakistan possesses, and has successfully tested nuclear weapons.  What will become of them if the government falls?
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What if the controversy over Tehran's nuclear ambitions results in U.S. airstrikes? Interviews with dozens of experts paint a sobering picture: military action against Iran's nuclear facilities would have a decent chance of succeeding, but at a staggering cost. And therein lies the excruciating calculus facing the U.S. and its allies: is the cost of confronting Iran greater than the dangers of living with a nuclear Iran?
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There are three problems with the six-party talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear issue. First, they risk confusing form with substance: as if merely getting North Korea around a table is success
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The troubled negotiations over whether to build the world&#39;s largest nuclear fusion facility in France or Japan have finally come to a head.
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The Hague Tribunal is under pressure. As a body established by the UN, it is bound by the UN's decisions.
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PRAGUE- EU institutions view the Czech Republic as a country posing "a risk" to the EU Constitution's future, as there exist fears in Brussels that the Czechs could reject the document, former Czech EU ...
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The confusion yesterday over whether two &quot;high-value&quot; women prisoners being held in Iraq would be released has underlined the limits of the interim government&#39;s authority.
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Many students may find interpreting the constitutional amendments on this year&#39;s ballot confusing or even intimidating. The Oracle&#39;s Chris Gardner has the breakdown of the eight proposals.
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The opposition in the Ukraine has suffered a judicial set-back on the eve of a presidential election re-run. The Constitutional Court has overturned some changes in the election law introduced after the opposition
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Some questions and answers about Pyongyang's nuclear weapon capabilities.
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In a state that views government with suspicion, even the growth of government buildings causes conflict.
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democracy. Critics say it is a travesty of free choice in a country where thousands of dissidents are in jail and human rights abuses are said to.
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All eyes in Ukraine are now on the country&#39;s 18 Supreme Court judges and their hearings into the presidential election which has triggered a explosive political crisis.
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Aside from being &quot;shocked,&quot; members of the ruling party were at a loss for words following the Constitutional Court ruling that the party&#39;s capital relocation plan was &quot;unconstitutional.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering constitutional revisions for setting up a self-defense military force and also making the emperor the head of the state.
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He took the action after political factions failed to agree a plan to revise the countryâs flawed electoral law.
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PRAGUE, Nov 14 (IPS) - Nearly six months without a stable government could  cause a serious institutional crisis in many European countries,  but for most Czechs life goes on as usual as they turn their  backs to political squabbling.