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Director of Legal Research Directorate of Legal Research for International, Comparative, and Foreign Law THE LAW LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1 W.L.B. 2006 The Law Library of Congress – 3 WORLD LAW BULLETIN Table of Contents AFRICA Botswana .... Parliament Requests Employment Act Taiwan .............. Proposed Limits on Credit Card Amendment Lending Rates Chad ........ New Law Gives Greater Portion of Oil Thailand .......... Government Considering Banning Revenue to Government Guidebook Côte d’Ivoire .......... U.N. Bars Diamond Exports Eritrea ................. Religious Persecution Alleged EUROPE Ethiopia ....... Claim of Compensation from Eritrea Belarus ...... Critical Statements About the Country Ghana ...................................... Disability Bill Criminalized Liberia ......................................... Rape Law Belgium ......... Adoption of Children by Same-Sex Namibia ........ Implementation of New Labor Law Couples Namibia ............ No Law Requires ID Document Bosnia and Herzegovina .................. Government Nigeria .............. Officials Suspended, Inspections Regulation of Bar Activities Stepped Up Following Airline Crash Czech Republic ................ Church Law Amended Rwanda ................................. Legal Reform Training Czech Republic ............... Same-Sex Partnerships Sāo Tomé and Príncipe ................ ‘Serious Flaws’ in Approved by One House Award of Oil Exploration Contracts Denmark ................... Citizenship Test Proposed South Africa ............... Gay Marriage Authorized England & Wales ..... Amendments to Murder Law South Africa ....... Gun License Deadline Extended Based on U.S. System Swaziland ........................ Guidelines on NGOs France ............................. Colonization Debate Uganda .............................. Lawyers on Strike France ............................. Electronic Bracelets Germany ..................... Military Reserve Forces EAST ASIA & PACIFIC Germany ............................ Service of Process Australia .......... Counter-Terror and Sedition Law Greece .................... New Bill on Medical Ethics Australia .................. Guest Workers Considered Italy ......... Emergency Measures for Prevention of China ............... Administrative Cases Since 1989 Avian Flu China ...... Human Rights Violated in Land Dispute Italy ......... International Terrorism and the Courts China ............. “Lunar Embassy to China” Closed Italy ............ Proportional Representation Returns China . More Chinese Cities Open to Foreign Banks Netherlands .... Reorganization of Police to Combat China ... Special Anti-Terror Police Units, Vehicles Terrorism China ............................. Toxic Spill Cover-Up Norway .............. Petroleum Regulations Adopted China ..................... Venture Capital Regulations Romania .............. Adoption Law to Stay in Place Hong Kong ................ Surveillance Law Planned Russian Fed. ...... Firearms Issued as State Awards Japan .......... Can Attorney Insist Client Is Guilty? Russian Fed. Law on Parliamentary Investigations Japan ............. No Cell Phone Use While Driving Turkmenistan ....... Mandatory Study of English for Korea, S. ..... Biometric Data Protection Guidelines Cabinet Members Korea, S. ............................... Microsoft Fined Sweden ........ Bill Proposes Reduced Sentences for New Zealand ...... Denial of Passports for Security Cooperation Taiwan ............ Counterfeit Medicine Ring Busted Sweden ...... Supreme Court Acquits Pastor in Hate Taiwan ............... Draft Crime Scene Regulations Speech Case Taiwan ........... Election and Recall Law Amended Switzerland ................. Legislative Consultations Taiwan ................... Industrial Explosives Statute Ukraine ........... Implementation of ECHR Rulings Taiwan .................. Organic Law on Immigration United Kingdom .... Bereaved Parents Lose Bid for Administration Directorate of Legal Research for International, Comparative, and Foreign Law THE LAW LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1 W.L.B. 2006 The Law Library of Congress – 4 Public Inquiry into Legality of War in Iraq Paraguay ........... Controversial Court Decision on United Kingdom ....... Evidence Obtained Through Logging Torture Not Admissible Peru .... Lawsuit Would Involve Cultural Treasures NEAR EAST INTERNATIONAL LAW & ORGANIZATIONS Bahrain ....... Hearing of Family Law Cases Before ASEAN .... Charter Declaration, Other Documents Shari’ah Courts in Twenty-Four Hours Signed Israel .... Extradition of Alleged Drug Dealer to the ASEM . ............ Prosecutors-General Conference United States Anti-Organized Crime Pledge Israel ................ Rights of Terminally Ill Patients Brazil/United States ......... Climate Change Brings Lebanon ............ Signing of Chemical Convention California and São Paulo Together Saudi Arabia ... Formation of New Partially Elected Chile/China .................... Free Trade Agreement Municipal Councils Council of Europe ...... Investigation of Allegations Saudi Arabia .... Non-Renewal of Work Permits for of CIA Prisoner Flights Foreign Workers over Sixty EAS ................................... Inaugural Session United Arab Emirates ...... Plans to Hold First-Ever Europe/Middle East .... Anti-Terror Announcement Elections India/Great Britain ..... Asylum Appeals