US Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Defense (DOD) are conducting a criminal investigation of WikiLeaks over its release of confidential government...
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DOJ announces WikiLeaks criminal investigation
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South Korea president calls North’s attack ‘crime against humanity’
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Iraq court sentences Saddam-era deputy PM Aziz to additional prison term
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Supreme Court to rule on Arizona campaign finance scheme
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Thailand court dismisses election funding case against ruling party
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Switzerland voters approve deportation for non-citizens who commit crimes
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Egypt parliamentary elections experience accusations of violence, corruption and fraud
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Canada Supreme Court rules monitoring utility data is not a privacy violation
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Ontario court sentences ‘Toronto 18’ member to 10 years
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Council of Europe passes resolutions aimed at judicial reform
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called North Korea's shelling of Yeonpyeong, which killed four, including two civilians, a crime against humanity. The president's statement was the first addressed to the public since last...
An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced former foreign minister Tariq Aziz to 10 years in prison for his involvement with the displacement and killing of minority Shiite Kurds during Saddam Hussein's rule in the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases, consolidating two cases concerning campaign financing . In Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett [docket;...
The Constitutional Court of Thailand on Monday dismissed the case against the ruling Democrat Party for alleged misuse of campaign funds. Judge Udomsak Nitimontree dismissed the suit, brought in June by the Electoral Commission of...
Swiss voters on Sunday approved by a 52.9 percent majority a "Deportation Initiative" that would amend the Swiss Constitution to allow the immediate deportation of foreigners who commit certain criminal offenses. The list of...
Controversy surrounded the Egyptian parliamentary elections on Sunday as violence accompanied accusations of corruption, fraud and silencing the opposition. Reports have surfaced of vote buying and the ejection of independent vote monitors from polling locations. The ruling...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday ruled that the police did not violate constitutional protections by accessing a citizen’s electricity usage during an investigation. The Court reversed the decision of the appellate court by...
A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Friday sentenced Steven Vikash Chand, a man previously convicted in connection with the failed Toronto 18 terrorist plot, to...
The Council of Europe (COE) 30th Conference of Ministers of Justice passed three resolutions on Friday at the close of the three-day meeting in Istanbul. The resolutions, "data protection and privacy in...
