Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien and his chief of staff, Jean Pelletier, must be held accountable for the flawed running of the federal sponsorship program from 1994 to 2003, said the first report on the scandal...
Britian's military court service announced Monday that the seven British soldiers facing court-martial over alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners will not stand trial until next year. The charges against the men relate to treatment of Iraqi prisoners being held...
Lewis Libby , Vice President Dick Cheney's long-time chief of staff, will make his first court appearance on Thursday, after being indicted Friday in the CIA leak investigation , a court official said Monday....
The full US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has declined to reconsider a decision requiring the Federal Election Commission to write new rules implementing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act...
American shareholders of Russian oil company Yukos have filed a civil lawsuit against the Russian government and several Russian oil companies for allegedly conspiring to renationalize Yukos without compensating its owners, the Financial News...
Though the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is disappointed with Monday's denial of certiorari by the US Supreme Court in the damages aspect of its suit against the tobacco industry , US Attorney General Alberto...
An FBI report on US crime released Monday found that while murders in the US fell for the first time in five years, 2004 saw an increase in the number of rapes. Overall the number of violent crimes...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that death row inmates do not have an automatic right to a jury trial to determine whether or not an inmate is mentally retarded and therefore ineligible...
Prosecutors in the corruption trial of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma asked a magistrate Tuesday to postpone the trial until Nov. 1 to allow for further investigation for possible additional charges. The prosecution also requested...
Salem Chalabi, former head of the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) that will open the trial of Saddam Hussein next week, has warned that a proposed bill to amend the tribunal's practices...
