http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/17459%20Houses%20of%20Parliament.pdf
This report presents a summary of progress in the underlying science of stem cell research over the last decade including regulatory and ethical framework, scientific advances, and clinical developments. From the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm#wrapper
Includes executive summary and individual country reports. Represents official U.S. view on degree of protection for religious freedom in the countries of the world. From the State Department
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR334-Midterm%20Challenges%20in%20Nigeria_0.pdf
Assesses the emerging political party system and searches for lessons from the country’s historic pattern of election-related conflict. From the United States Institute of Peace
http://www.uscirf.gov/images/2013%20USCIRF%20Annual%20Report%20%282%29.pdf
Annual report from an independent advisory body of the U.S. government that monitors religious freedom worldwide and makes policy recommendations to the executive and legislative branches. From the Commission
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR331_Malis_Precarious_Democracy_and_the_Causes_of_Conflict.pdf
Looks at the fragile nature of Malian democracy before the 2012 coup and the origins of the current crisis. From the United States Institute of Peace
http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/RP13-22.pdf
Reports the progress through the second reading of the bill that would introduce civil marriage for same sex couples in Great Britain. House of Commons Library Research Paper 13/22
More on the rules for electing a pope as recently revised. From the Law Library of Congress
Focuses on the rules concerning papal succession. From the Law Library of Congress