Street gun violence is very rare in Switzerland, says Emma Jane Kirby, who recently investigated the subject for BBC News.

BBC: Three dead in Swiss factory shooting

If Congress lets the law expire, as it did in 1992 before renewing it 18 months later, dozens of high-ranking government officials who now could be subject to an independent counsel inquiry would be investigated instead by the Justice Department.

CNN: Starr opposes Independent Counsel Act

NATO's behaviour, as well as Mr Milosevic's, is subject to the laws of war and may yet be investigated.

ECONOMIST: The law and the war