A French court on Monday began the trial of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin , accused of slandering businessmen and top politicians including current French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French; JURIST news...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Tuesday that it has approved the release of former Bosnian president Biljana Plavsic . Her sentence was commuted after she served only...
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George W. Bush was released from prison Tuesday. Muntader al-Zaidi was originally sentenced to three years on charges of assaulting a foreign leader but later had...
A specially appointed chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday found former spokesperson Florence Hartmann guilty of contempt for revealing confidential...
The Seoul Central District Court on Monday found Microsoft in violation of South Korea's antitrust laws for bundling software programs with its Windows operating system. The court found the company's bundling practice to be in violation of...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday accepted the resignation of Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora , a key player in Mexico's efforts against drug cartels and drug-related violence. Medina Mora will be replaced...
Several US tobacco companies, including R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard , filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a new tobacco regulation law on First Amendment grounds. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Western...
The death of an Iranian prisoner in police custody was determined to have been caused by beatings and poor prison conditions in the wake of the post-election turmoil , according to the semi-official Mehr News...
Former US vice president Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama of backtracking on his promise to not prosecute Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents for alleged abuses of suspected terrorist detainees under the...
Vietnamese Vice Minister of Public Security Le The Tiem said Monday that President Nguyen Minh Triet will grant amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners on Wednesday in honor of National Day. Catholic priest Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly [AI...
