Italian prosecutors have appealed the 2004 acquittal of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges that he bribed judges to block competing industrialist Carlo De Benedetti from buying a state-owned food conglomerate. In 1985, judges...
Former FBI No. 2 W. Mark Felt , also known as "Deep Throat", is not likely to be prosecuted for revealing information to reporters during the Watergate scandal according to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales,...
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende wrote to the Dutch Parliament on Thursday formally saying that his government wished to withdraw its motion calling for approval of the EU constitution. Over 62% of Dutch voters turned out...
Former Qwest Communications International CFO Robin Szeliga was charged with insider trading Thursday based on accusations that she improperly earned $410,000 on a stock sale. Szeliga reached a plea agreement and a change-of-plea hearing has...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the city of Seattle had the right to block city streets during violent protests against the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in the city. The...
US troops detained the leader of Iraq's largest Sunni Muslim political party in a house raid in western Baghdad early Monday, confiscating several items including a computer. Mohsen Abdul Hamid is head of the Iraqi Islamic Party ,...
The US Justice Department said Sunday that two US citizens have been arrested and charged with conspiring to provide support to al Qaeda in several meetings with an undercover FBI agent posing as an al...
US Air Force General Richard Myers , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has criticized an Amnesty International report comparing American treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to the Soviet gulag where millions...
Iran's Guardian Council approved a law Saturday that calls on the government to develop nuclear technology to enrich uranium, which could be used to create atomic weapons. The Iranian Parliament passed the bill earlier this...
French territories cast their votes on the EU constitution Saturday with the "No" campaign leading in the polls. One survey on Friday indicated a narrowing of the majority's lead in opposing the charter, offering hope to President Jacques...
