The Italian audit court, Corte del Conti , announced Wednesday that the number of corruption cases in Italy have risen by 229 percent over the past year. Court president Tullio Lazzaro voiced...
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Italy court says corruption cases have dramatically increased over past year
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Ukraine court delays presidential election certification pending appeal
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Group claims Google Buzz social networking service may violate privacy laws
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Cluster munitions treaty to take effect August 1 after 30 countries ratify
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Finland government commission proposes semiautomatic handgun ban
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Former HealthSouth executive sentenced to 5 months in prison
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Malaysia appeals court refuses to dismiss sodomy charge against opposition leader
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Federal judge dismisses Guantanamo detainee wrongful death suit
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Number of journalists killed worldwide reaches record high in 2009
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Ukraine PM files lawsuit challenging defeat in presidential election
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The Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine on Wednesday delayed an official declaration of victory for the recent presidential elections pending a suit filed by election runner-up Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal...
An Internet privacy advocacy group on Wednesday filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that the new Google social networking service Buzz violates privacy laws. The complaint was filed...
The UN announced on Tuesday that the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will enter into force on August 1 after being ratified by 30 countries. Burkina Faso and Moldova both submitted their instruments of...
A Finnish government commission established to investigate a 2008 school shooting proposed a ban on semiautomatic handguns in a report released Wednesday. If approved by the Finnish Parliament [official website, in...
A judge from the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama sentenced former HealthSouth executive Ken Livesay to five months in prison on Tuesday for his involvement in the company's...
A Malaysian appeals court on Wednesday denied a request by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to dismiss the charge of sodomy against him. Anwar was appealing the Malaysian high court's December decision not...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday that claims of unlawful treatment and wrongful death brought on behalf of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees are...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued its annual report on Tuesday confirming the work-related killings of more than 70 journalists worldwide during 2009, the highest in the 30-year history of the CPJ. Of...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko filed a lawsuit on Tuesday with the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine claiming that last weekend's presidential election was corrupt. Tymoshenko alleges that widespread...
