The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of Disney executives Tuesday in a shareholder suit that alleged that the Disney board violated their duties by ratifying a 1996 decision to...
The US State Department said Monday that it may deny a visa application by new Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad due to allegations that he was part of the 1979 hostage...
Attorneys for Wal-Mart have asked a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to dismiss a class action lawsuit that claims as many as 1.6 million female employees were discriminated against. A...
After Iran announced an end to negotiations and a resumption of its nuclear program on Monday, the International Atomic Energy Agency held an emergency meeting Tuesday in Vienna to discuss the...
A former UN official pleaded guilty Monday to US charges that he accepted close to $1 million in bribes from UN contractors in the Oil-for-Food scandal . Alexander Yakovlev, a procurement officer...
Omar Bakri Mohammed, one of the Muslim clerics being investigated by British authorities for remarks supporting the London bombers , left the country on Saturday and is now in Lebanon. Mohammed reportedly praised insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan...
Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts in a letter Monday that he intends to question him at upcoming confirmation hearings on the extent of Congress's power,...
After a sandstorm got in the way of talks yesterday, Iraqi leaders met again on Tuesday to try and iron out their last remaining differences in order to submit a constitution by the August 15 deadline. Iraqi...
Microsoft announced a $7 million settlement Tuesday of its lawsuit against Scott Richter and his company, once one of the biggest spammers in the world. Last summer Richter's company also paid $50,000 in penalties and costs [NY...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's latest plans to fight terror have drawn cross-party criticism and have led one senior MP from Blair's own Labour Party to level accusations that the government response to terror threats is panicked. Blair's recent...
