An Italian court on Tuesday sentenced David Mills , a British barrister and former lawyer to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , to four-and-a-half years in prison for accepting a $600,000 bribe...
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Italy court sentences former Berlusconi lawyer to prison for accepting bribe
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Federal judge rejects jurisdictional challenge by indicted Blackwater guards
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Second Circuit upholds NYC law requiring restaurants to display calorie information
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Obama signs recovery bill into law with heightened transparency requirements
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Politkovskaya murder suspect alleges Russian prosecutors fabricated evidence
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SEC settles stock options backdating charges against BlackBerry maker executives
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US soldier to testify against alleged co-conspirator in Iraq detainee deaths
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Italy begins dismantling Roma camps after rape sparks ethnic tensions
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Canada court rejects Guantanamo detainees’ bid to access intelligence records
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Italy official says country will not accept Guantanamo detainees
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A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday rejected two motions challenging the court's ability to hear the case filed on behalf of five indicted Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld Tuesday a New York City law that requires chain restaurants to post caloric content information on their menus and menu boards in...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed into law the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) , intended to stimulate and grow the US economy in the current recession. Along with a number of tax...
A lawyer for one of the men accused in the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya alleged in his closing statements Tuesday that the prosecution's main pieces of evidence are flawed and have been...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday charged four executives from Research In Motion (RIM) , the company that makes BlackBerry, with stock options backdating and reached a settlement agreement. The four...
A military judge ruled that a US Army sergeant may testify for the prosecution against Sgt. Michael Leahy Jr., who is charged in connection with the killing of four Iraqi prisoners, as court-martial proceedings began Tuesday. Staff...
Italian authorities Monday began dismantling illegal immigrant camps around Rome heavily populated by members of the Roma minority ("gypsies") following the alleged weekend rape of a 14-year old girl by East European immigrants which led to...
The Federal Court of Canada Monday dismissed an application by two Guantanamo Bay detainees requesting access to Canadian interrogation records. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian with landed immigrant status in Canada, and...
Speaker for Italy's Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini said Monday that Italy will not accept detainees released from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Fini made the announcement after a meeting with US House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ...
