Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed , alleged to have masterminded the 2004 Madrid train bombings , claimed Friday in papers filed with the Italian court hearing his criminal case that he had been mistreated by Spanish and...

The Santiago Court of Appeals Friday dismissed two charges against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet of forging Chilean Defense Ministry documents and failing to declare...

US Chamber of Commerce v. SEC, United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, April 7, 2006 [rejecting for inadequate public comment opportunity US SEC corporate governance regulations requiring mutual fund companies to appoint independent chairpersons and compose at...

Vacating a lesser sentence, the Quebec Court of Appeal has imposed an 18-month prison term on Canadian advertising executive Paul Coffin, who last May pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud in the federal sponsorship...

The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday found Nedjo Samardzic guilty of committing crimes against humanity and escaping from prison during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and sentenced him...

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Friday unanimously ruled against US Securities and Exchange Commission corporate governance regulations that require mutual fund...

A panel of 11 members of the German parliament began its investigation into the role of German intelligence in the war in Iraq Friday. The committee will focus on 30 questions posed by the Free Democratic Party,...

The United Nations has expressed disappointment in the US decision not to run for a position on the new UN Human Rights Council . Spokesmen for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan...

Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Muhammad said Thursday that he had been tortured after United States authorities transported him to a Moroccan prison for interrogation. Muhammad is a suspected al Qaeda member and is charged with conspiring...

Ruling on petition by Kizza Besigye challenging the presidential election of 23 February 2006 in which President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was declared elected, Uganda Supreme Court, April 6, 2006.Text:The Petitioner, Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, who was one of the...