A three-judge panel of the Santiago Appeals Court ruled Friday that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is physically and mentally fit to stand trial for the alleged murders of brothers Hector and Guido Barria Bassay by agents...
A spokesman for NATO said Thursday that multinational stabilization forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina had arrested Aleksandar Karadzic, son of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic who is sought for genocide charges in the July 1995 massacre...
Speaking at the annual conference of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) in London Thursday, US Congressman Michael Oxley (R-OH) said that the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation was "rushed" and includes "excessive" corporate reforms....
UN Special Representative for Sudan Jan Pronk said Thursday that bandits in the Darfur region of Sudan have been stealing food and terrorizing and killing workers bringing supplies into the region. Pronk also said a group of bandits...
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Thursday that he and his Cabinet will resign after the country's Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that rejected reforms to the justice system...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the prison therapist of a Montana inmate did not violate the psychologist-patient privilege when he contacted the Secret Service to report a letter the inmate wrote threatening...
A Kuwaiti judge has approved an independent medical commission to investigate allegations of torture by 37 detainees being held by Kuwaiti authorities for plotting attacks against US soldiers and killing four policemen in January. The medical board, made up...
A judge Tuesday pre-approved a $120 million settlement agreement for class action plaintiffs claiming they were molested by priests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky, marking the largest settlement agreement...
A committee of lawyers created for Saddam Hussein's defense team has filed a writ of habeas corpus in the US requesting that he be taken out of Iraq for his upcoming trial, a move anticipated as far...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made a surprise visit to Iraq Sunday to meet with US soldiers, Justice Department officials currently training Iraqi judges and law enforcement officers, and his counterparts in the Iraqi government. Gonzales commended...
