Protesters in Kenya Wednesday demanded a limit to the president's powers as parliament prepared for debate on a new constitution. The protests came after Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki appeared to hold back from endorsing a draft that...
The US House of Representatives Wednesday passed legislation which would delay the removal of the feeding tube sustaining Terri Schiavo by allowing her case to shift to federal court. The House acted...
Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, staff at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will recommend the agency block Blockbuster Inc.'s prospective bid to buy Hollywood Entertainment Corp. saying the deal would hurt...
Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC announced Putnam Investments has been ordered to pay an additional $43 million in fines as part of its punishment for an improper trading scandal. The announcement...
One of France's biggest-ever criminal trials got under way Thursday as sixty-six people led by two former sex offenders stood accused of participating in a pedophilia ring in which children and babies were...
Saddam Hussein chief lawyer Ziad al-Khasawneh said Thursday that the upcoming trial of his client should be delayed in the wake of the murder this week of a judge appointed to the Iraqi tribunal charged with hearing the case...
The GOP-dominated Senate Wednesday pushed ahead proposed bankruptcy overhaul legislation by defeating a series of Democratic amendments that would have sheltered seniors and sick people. Senators voted 59-40 to reject an amendment which would...
The US House of Representatives late Wednesday approved a job-training bill that would allow faith-based organizations which receive federal funds to consider the religious beliefs of prospective employees. The vote on HR 27, the Job Training Improvement...
An Indonesian court Thursday found radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir guilty of conspiracy to commit the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people. The five-judge panel found that although Ba'asyir was not directly...
Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, Titan Corp. announced it reached administrative settlement agreement with the US Navy allowing the company to bid, receive and perform on government contracts. Read the Titan press release....
