Give some powers to the Chief Justice. What powers does the Chief Justice of India have? Despite repeated requests, nothing has been done. How do I control the situation and how much can be done to control such situations by passing orders on the judicial side? You (the government) do not know with how much difficulty I secured the resignation of the two high court judges earlier.

A number of rebel leaders have abysmal human rights records, raising serious concern about levels of violence, as well as the humanitarian situation, in the areas under their control. As a matter of urgency, rebel forces must respect the rights of all Haitians as they expand their region of influence.

... it is unsafe to remain in Haiti in view of the deteriorating security situation. The Department of State has ordered the departure of all family members and non-emergency personnel of the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, and continues to strongly urge American citizens remaining in Haiti to depart immediately while commercial carriers are still operating.

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At the same time as Israel is burying eight victims of a suicide bombing yesterday by a member of Yasser Arafat's own Al Aqsa brigade, the Palestinians are using the United Nations Court to attack Israel for building a fence that could have saved their lives.

The Palestinian statements to the court today confirmed the concerns of many countries about the one-sided nature of the question before the court: it seeks to put Israel's measures to stop terrorism on trial, but not the terrorists themselves; it focuses only on Palestinian quality of life and not on the right of Israelis to life itself; and it stresses only Israeli responsibilities without a word about the responsibilities of the Palestinian side.