Swiss authorities have announced that they are investigating four people in connection with the now defunct UN Oil-for-Food program , all of whom are suspected of money laundering and bribery. The four suspects have not...
A lawsuit was filed in Germany Thursday against DaimlerChrysler by a shareholder who claims he was "short-changed" when the company failed to promptly disclose the early resignation of CEO Juergen Schrempp. The shareholder is arguing...
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has issued an executive order to delay all deadlines in court cases and other legal proceedings in the state from the date Hurricane Katrina hit until at least...
An Indonesian court convicted a Muslim cleric Thursday for assisting in the 2004 bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta that killed twelve people and wounded over 200. Heri Sigu Samboja was found guilty of two counts...
Leaders of Canada's three opposition political parties said Thursday that the government should launch an expanded probe into situations where Canadian citizens have been investigated by federal authorities but tortured abroad, echoing a similar request made by human rights...
A federal judge Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order stopping the Base Closure and Realignment Commission from removing fighter jets at Bradley Air National Guard base in Connecticut. Connecticut filed a lawsuit [PDF complaint; JURIST...
Microsoft announced Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the European Commission in the European Court of First Instance over the "issue of broad licences for the source code of communications protocols." The lawsuit...
An Iraqi official has confirmed that the draft Iraqi constitution will be sent to printers Thursday so that almost 5 million copies of the draft can be printed and distributed to citizens in advance...
Iraqi-born US resident Numan Adnan Al-Kaby was released from a US prison in Baghdad Tuesday, after attorneys from the ACLU filed a lawsuit calling for his release last week. The US government...
The final report of the Independent Inquiry Committee investigating the now defunct UN Oil-for-Food program will show that corruption and inefficiencies lead to the program's failure, according to an advanced copy obtained...
