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Under the measure, lobbyists would be required to file public quarterly reports on the Internet disclosing their activities and expenditures.

The reports will be subject to audit.

Violating the new lobbying rules could result in a maximum fine of $100,000, double what it is now.

"I think disclosure is going to make a big difference," said Sen.

Susan Collins, Maine Republican, noting that she worries the public no longer trusts Congress to make decisions untainted by special interests.

Several senators said the measure was not perfect, and were irritated that most of the 88 suggested amendments to the bill were killed without debate.

Sen.

Russell D.

Feingold sought to define a lobbyist as anyone employed by a...

However, Deputy Governor Nick Carter believes there may have been a mix up because many immigration officials are not used to a UKOT passport.Mr.

Wasi said he was not aware of the visa requirements until he was stopped by immigration officials in Brussels and told members of his group would not be able to carry on with their flight plans.

They informed Mr.

Wasi that he did not have the necessary paperwork to Wasi spent the last two weeks in Senegal with young Bermudian men as pa...

We would like to thank all of the generous people around the world who worked officially or unofficially - especially those who took personal risk - to gain Jill's release."During Carroll's months in captivity, she had appeared in three videos broadcast on Arab television, pleading for her life.Her captors had demanded the release of all women detainees in Iraq by Feb.

26 and said Carroll would be killed if that did not happen.

The date came and went with no word about her fate.On Feb.

28, Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said Carroll was being held by the Islamic Army in Iraq, the insurgent group that freed two French journalists in 2004 after four months i...