Supporters of Kenya's main opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , fought with police Wednesday during demonstrations staged across the country over the disputed re-election of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki . At least two...
A court in Bangladesh Thursday sentenced former state minister for communications Salahuddin Ahmed to seven years in prison on corruption charges. Ahbed was arrested in February 2007 and found guilty of accepting a bribe for a business contract. The...
Prosecutors in the Georgian Republic charged media and financial tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili Thursday with conspiracy to overthrow the Georgian government. Patarkatsishvili allegedly offered a $100 million bribe to a senior police official if he...
The conviction of US Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan , the only commissioned officer charged in connection to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal , has been annulled, his lawyer said Thursday....
The European Commission Wednesday dropped its antitrust case against Apple's iTunes after Apple announced it would equalize prices for music downloads from iTunes in Europe. A UK consumer protection organization had filed...
US District Court Judge Paul Huck denied a request Wednesday by former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to block his extradition to France. The latest ruling follows the decision by US District Court Judge William...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board , 07-21, and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita , where the Court...
The military government of Myanmar Monday rejected calls from the United Nations for the country's constitution-drafting process to be opened to outside groups, saying that the new constitution would be drafted solely by a 54-member constitution-drafting...
A unanimous panel of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) Monday denied bail to former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav , also known as Duch,...
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Monday pardoned British school teacher Gillian Gibbons, convicted of insulting Islam last week for allowing her students to name the class teddy bear Muhammad. Last Thursday, Gibbons was sentenced to 15...
