Former US congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison on 11 counts of bribery and corruption. The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that...
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC pledged Tuesday to end its involvement in social services if a same-sex marriage bill is approved by the city council. The religious organization claims that the bill interferes with...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases. In Graham v. Florida , the Court heard arguments questioning whether the Eighth...
The New York Attorney General on Wednesday filed an antitrust suit against Intel , alleging that the microprocessor manufacturer engaged in illegal conduct to further its dominance in the marketplace. The complaint...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday completed the confirmation of charges hearing against Sudanese war crimes suspect Bahr Idriss Abu Garda . During the hearing, prosecutors alleged that Abu Garda controlled rebel forces...
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010 into law, which allows for Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to the US for...
The Swiss Federal Counsel on Wednesday announced proposals to restrict the country's assisted suicide laws. The new guidelines will seek to prevent assisted suicide becoming a profit-driven business and to ensure that it is only...
An Argentinian court Friday sentenced retired general Jorge Olivera Rovere and retired colonel Jose Menendez to life sentences for crimes committed during the Argentine military dictatorship, commonly referred to as the "Dirty War" . Rovere,...
Germany's constitutional court on Thursday ruled that surviving partners in a registered civil partnership have a right to collect under the occupational pension scheme for civil service employees. The court found that affording...
Two Guantanamo Bay military judges on Wednesday granted continuances for prosecutors in the cases of two Sudanese detainees allegedly involved with al Qaeda. Noor Uthman Mohammed , who is accused of working...
