Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi , who won a confidence vote in the Italian Senate Wednesday after losing a key vote on a foreign policy issue last week, has asked senators to strike down an unfavorable...
US District Judge George B. Daniels on Tuesday approved a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by Holocaust survivors against Italian insurance company Assicurazioni Generali . Under the terms of the...
Two Guantamano Bay detainees petitioned the US Supreme Court Tuesday to expedite its review of the 2006 Military Commissions Act (MCA) , which contains a "court-stripping" provision that prevents federal courts from hearing...
The former general counsel for computer security company McAfee was indicted Tuesday by the Department of Justice for concealing an illegal stock option backdating scheme. The DOJ charged Kent Roberts with six counts of mail...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint Tuesday against the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking the release of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) order that authorized government surveillance of transmissions coming into or...
The Supreme Court of Mexico released a decision Tuesday overturning a law that banned those with HIV from serving in the military, finding the law an unconstitutional infringement on principles of equality. The military may now only...
A US federal judge Thursday sentenced former South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park to five years in prison for his conviction on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and acting...
Authorities in Colombia Thursday arrested a former intelligence chief on charges of murder and conspiracy for allegedly contracting with illegal paramilitary groups to assassinate political opponents, including human rights activists and...
Indonesia has convicted and jailed at least 18 people for advocating a sovereign government for the province of Papua , according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday. The report states:Although political space...
The Enron shareholder derivative lawsuit will be tried in April as previously scheduled, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. US District Judge Melinda Harmon denied a motion filed by defendants Merrill Lynch and Co....
