Judge Denny Chin of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a restraining order Monday that protects from bankruptcy more than $100 million in assets of financier Bernard Madoff ....
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Federal judge moves to protect Madoff assets from bankruptcy creditors
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South Korea court clears blogger of charges
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Supreme Court hears Iraq immunity, English language school funding cases
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Senegal appeals court overturns criminal homosexuality convictions
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Supreme Court takes speedy trial, First Amendment, prosecutor immunity cases
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Iran top judge urges fair appeals process for jailed US journalist
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Rights group calls on Hamas to end internal violence against Israel supporters
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UN racism conference begins as US and other nations boycott
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Witness testifies about execution at ex-Khmer Rouge leader ‘Duch’ trial
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Iran president orders prosecutor to recognize rights of detained journalists
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The Seoul Central District Court on Monday acquitted a South Korean blogger charged with spreading misleading financial information online. Park Dae-sung had been charged with spreading false and misleading financial information for writing that the South Korean government...
The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in two cases. In Iraq v. Beaty and Iraq v. Simon, the Court will consider...
As appeals court in Senegal on Monday ordered the release of nine members of AIDS awareness group AIDES Senegal who had been convicted of sodomy and sentenced to eight years in prison in January. Having been officially charged with...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in three cases. In Bloate v. United States the Court will consider whether time granted to prepare pretrial motions is...
Iran's judiciary on Monday ordered fair appellate proceedings for a US journalist convicted this week of espionage and sentenced to eight years in prison. Iran's top judge Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi said the appeal [BBC...
Palestinian Hamas authorities should end the systematic detention, torture, and execution of supporters of Israel and the rival Fatah party , according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...
The UN Durban Review Conference on racism began on Monday with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressing concerns over the decision by the US and several other countries to boycott...
A witness in the trial of former Khmer Rogue leader Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," testified Monday about his uncle's execution by Kaing and other crimes committed at the prison...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday issued an order to prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi to recognize the legal rights of detained journalists Roxana Saberi and Hossein Derakhshan , according to a report...
