The authorities have detained hundreds of people and imposed censorship on media under the state of emergency imposed a week ago.

Croatian authorities have not made accountability for war crimes a clear political priority.

Authorities have said that over the past few years, more than 4,500 female babies in India ' s southern Salem district alone have been killed - - by their own parents

Chinese authorities have revealed two alleged terrorist plots, including one targeting the Beijing Olympics, sparking new fears that militants could be escalating their activities in the lead-up to the Games

Authorities have since modernised those two reactors and installed a cooling system designed to prevent any radioactive leakage in case of an accident, to allay EU concerns

The municipal authorities have agreed to present a systematic plan for the company by the end of the week and to begin contracting former contract personnel next week.

In 1993, Helsinki Watch reported: " Since 1991 the Croatian authorities have blown up or razed ten thousand houses mostly of Serbs, but also houses of Croats.

City authorities have granted a building project for the renovation of the Riva, a coastal promenade between the historic core of the city and the harbour.

The Mufti claimed that Israeli authorities have been attempting to wipe out historic Islamic sites in Palestine which is violation of all religious values and international treaties

A list of the necessary documents is available from your local government office (prefettura). After making an application, the authorities have 18 months to make a decision

Russian law-enforcement authorities have certain claims against Julia Timoshenko too, but unlike Ukraine, Russia is not going to turn them down.

Britain and Argentina have disagreed ever since about the rights and wrongs of British occupation, and for much of the time the British authorities have been aware of the relative weakness of their case

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) - - Pakistani authorities have arrested two top leaders of the Islamic militant group India blames for the November massacre in Mumbai, Pakistan ' s prime minister confirmed Wednesday

Fifa and Uefa, the world and European authorities, have demanded a report into the controversy which this week engulfed Serie A