Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Friday filed a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court to have Governor Rod Blagojevich declared unfit and removed temporarily from...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday upheld the results of the country's disputed 2007 presidential election which was won by President Umaru Yar'Adua . The court dismissed the appeal brought by...
Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted former President Chen Shui-bian on charges of corruption. His wife Wu Shu-chen, his son and daughter-in-law, three former presidential aides, and eight other associates and family members were also...
Former NASDAQ stock market chairman Bernard Madoff was arrested Thursday by federal agents on charges of securities fraud. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Madoff and...
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told CNN Thursday that she would go before the Illinois Supreme Court to have Governor Rod Blagojevich declared unfit to hold office if he did not...
Vice President of the European Commission Responsible for Justice, Freedom, and Security Jacques Barrot on Wednesday reported that European Union (EU) governments are violating people's right to travel freely among the EU member...
The Brazilian Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that they will rule in favor of indigenous groups in a land dispute, but postponed a final decision on the case. Eight of 11 judges voted...
Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Luis Amado on Wednesday sent a letter to European Union (EU) foreign ministers urging EU members to take in any detainees released from the US military prison...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday added the name of a Pakistani charity seen as a front for the group being blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks to its list of entities subject...
Executions in the US are at a 14-year low and the number of death sentences has dropped 60 percent since the 1990s, according to a report released Thursday by the Death Penalty Information...
