A US magistrate in Houston agreed Tuesday to delay the trial of three former British bankers facing fraud charges related to the Enron scandal so that two of the defendants can hire American lawyers. A trial...
Democratic senators criticized the acting director of the US Food and Drug Administration Tuesday for the timing of the agency's announcement that it would reconsider allowing some over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception. Monday's surprise announcement [FDA press...
A Russian arbitration court judge declared oil company Yukos bankrupt Tuesday and said the company may be liquidated to pay creditors. The decision, which had been expected, confirms a vote...
Iran will not abide by a UN Security Council resolution ordering it to stop enriching uranium, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday in an address on state television....
Corruption charges filed last week against former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi have been dropped after the head of the country's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) was suspended, Malawi's director of public prosecutions said Monday. President...
The parliament of Afghanistan on Monday confirmed Abdul Salam Hazami as chief justice of the Afghan Supreme Court after rejecting an earlier nominee put forward by President Hamid Karzai . Hazami's...
Lawyers for the Texas Republican Party argued before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Monday that the GOP should be allowed to remove former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay [JURIST news...
A senior Italian intelligence official has told prosecutors that the US Central Intelligence Agency had planned to kidnap more than 10 Muslims suspected of terrorism from Italy and elsewhere and deliver them to Middle Eastern countries for...
Former telecommunications executive Clark McLeod has agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer , Spitzer's office announced Monday. Spitzer filed the lawsuit [complaint, PDF;...
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state law prohibiting felons from voting while on parole does not violate the Colorado Constitution. The unanimous court affirmed the decision of the Denver district court, holding that parole...
