Four state lawmakers were indicted in Tennessee on Thursday for allegedly taking bribes from FBI agents posing as representatives of a fake electronics-recycling company. The agents gave payments to the lawmakers inducing them to sponsor a bill which would...

The US Senate was forced to delay the vote on UN ambassador nominee John Bolton Thursday after Democrats demanded more information from the White House before agreeing to end their debate which began Wednesday and...

In what Interior Minister Habib al-Adli claimed was the largest turnout ever in a registered referendum, 83% of Egyptian voters have backed a change in election law that allows multi-candidate presidential elections. The high turnout was marred...

The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved a $140 billion asbestos compensation fund in a 13-5 vote. The controversial fund is to be paid for by companies facing asbestos litigation and their...

The verdict reading for oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky continued into its ninth day Thursday. Khodorkovsky, former CEO of Russian oil firm Yukos , and his partner Platon Lebedev have been indicted for fraud and...

Thailand's Constitutional Court Thursday found the members of Thailand's anti-corruption commission, the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) , guilty of illegally increasing their pay. The court, however, did not enforce possible two year jail sentences in...

The judge presiding over the trial of former HealthSouth Corp CEO Richard Scrushy , attempted Wednesday to prevent the trial from ending in a mistrial or a hung jury. Scrushy is on trial for conspiracy, fraud,...

The Federal Election Commission announced Thursday that the Democratic National Committee , the Rev. Jesse Jackson and two groups Jackson works closely will pay a total of $200,000 in civil fines for...

The US House of Representatives has passed a $491 billion defense measure, HR 1815 , which among other things leaves any decisions on the placement of women in war zones up to the Pentagon pending Congressional approval. House...

Leading Thursday's international brief, government lawyers for the Royal Commission for Corruption Control have begun arguments before the commission in the case against former Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba , former Foreign Minister Prakash Man Singh and...