Italian Judge Renato La Viola ordered an investigation into the actions of Dr. Mario Riccio, the anaesthetist turned off life support for Piergiorgio Welby , a man who suffered from muscular dystrophy and sought the...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in the case of Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. , 06-480 , in which a clothing...
Italian general prosecutor Piero De Petris asked an appeals court in Milan Monday to sentence former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to five years in prison for bribing judges to stop the auction of...
The trial of Desiré Munyaneza began Monday in Montreal where the former Rwandan militia commander faces seven charges in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide , including genocide, crimes against humanity, and war...
Authorities in Bangladesh plan in April to execute 6 Islamic militants convicted in the 2005 murders of two judges , according to reports Friday in the Independent and Jugantor newspapers. According to anonymous prison sources,...
A French court Thursday cleared Charlie-Hebdo magazine and director Philippe Val of defamation in last year's republication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad originally published in a Danish newspaper in September 2005. The court ruled that...
Argentine federal Judge Alberto Suarez Araujo ruled Wednesday that former president Reynaldo Bignone will face criminal charges for his alleged role in disappearances and human rights abuses during Argentina's 1976-83 "Dirty War" ....
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday overturned the conviction of James Tobin , President Bush's 2004 campaign chairman for New England. Tobin was convicted for his involvement in jamming...
US Air Force Maj. Gen. Robertus Remkes , Director of Strategy, Policy and Assessments at US European Command , has expressed concern about negative military repercussions if the US House of Representatives passes resolution HR 106, [text,...
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be hanged Tuesday, according to Iraqi legal sources quoted by wire services Monday afternoon. The Iraqi government has scheduled the execution despite defense lawyers' contention...
