The Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) began investigating the country's Supreme Court Monday for suspected embezzlement . The Court collects administrative fees from appellants but has so far not...
Thirty-nine accused Darfur rebels appeared before special courts in Sudan to be tried under a 2001 anti-terrorism law Wednesday. The accused allegedly belong to the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) , which Sudanese officials accuse...
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Wednesday that the US Senate should quickly pass a proposed bill designed to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria because it would save lives and encourage...
The status of more than 1,000 protesters detained by Chinese authorities during March demonstrations in Tibet remains unknown, according to an Amnesty International report released Wednesday. About 370 of the protesters who surrendered...
Bulgarian officials said Wednesday that they had frozen 10 National Road Infrastructure Fund projects worth almost 90 million euros ($137 million) in order to avoid possible sanctions for using the money inappropriately. The funds are mostly grants from...
China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Wednesday announced an anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft and other international software companies suspected of dominating the Chinese software market, unfairly raising prices and bundling software. Software companies will likely...
A UN observer who arrived in Zimbabwe Sunday to monitor the human rights situation has been ejected from the country after only two days, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Wednesday....
A Virginia circuit court judge approved an $11 million state settlement agreement Tuesday for the families of 24 people killed in the April 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech . The settlement, which many...
A panel of judges in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Tuesday reversed the conviction of former White House official David Safavian because of previous judicial error and the use...
Bolivian officials Monday rejected a Peruvian proposal to expand intellectual property protections, arguing that the amendment would be illegal and would harm the Bolivian economy. Peru is anxious to strengthen its intellectual property laws...
