The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has begun a criminal investigation into possible fraud stemming from bankruptcy proceedings for Russian oil giant Yukos , according to Tuesday reports from the Itar-Tass news agency. The investigation centers on allegations that former Yukos officials embezzled money by securing a $4.5 billion loan from Yukos Capital SARL, a Luxemburg-based [...]
Prosecutors in Indonesia are seeking jail terms of up to 15 years for four Islamist militants suspected in the 2005 Bali bombings , which killed two dozen people. The trial of the four suspects began in May, and prosecutors on Tuesday said they want 15 years in jail for Muhammad Cholily, suspected to have close [...]
The Bush administration and the US Department of Homeland Security are considering plans to change some immigration rules for Cubans with relatives living in the United States in an effort to improve the immigration process from the island, but may also refuse visa applications for any Cuban caught illegally crossing the border. The still-incomplete changes, [...]
Responding to a call by Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , thousands of the leftist's supporters gathered outside the Federal Electoral Tribunal Monday night to protest the court's decision not to hold a full recount of last month's disputed election . The demonstrators obstructed traffic around the court, while others have camped out [...]
Pfc. Justin Cross told a US military panel in Baghdad Tuesday that combat stress "crushed" troop morale in Mahmudiya , the area where four soldiers and one former soldier allegedly raped a 14-year old Iraqi girl and killed the girl and her family on March 12, because the troops had a constant fear of death [...]
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Illinois, seeking to overturn the state's Act to End Atrocities and Terrorism in the Sudan . The Illinois law bars state pension funds from investing in companies or financial institutions that are connected to Sudan , as well as [...]
Chilean Judge Jorge Zepeda asked the Santiago Court of Appeals on Monday to strip former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity in a case involving the disappearance of Antonio Llido, a Spanish priest who was a member of a socialist group opposing Pinochet's regime. Pinochet's secret police allegedly detained Llido in 1974 and tortured him, according [...]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that it will not appeal a federal appeals court decision that invalidated an SEC rule regulating hedge funds, opting instead to focus on drafting new rules and staff guidance for the hedge fund industry. In June, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [...]
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report Monday that Israel's July 30 air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana may be part of "a pattern of violations of international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law committed during the course of the current hostilities" in the ongoing Middle East conflict [...]
Aziz Dweik , the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council , was taken to the hospital Monday for chest pains and breathing problems, which his spokesman claims are due to beatings by prison guards after his arrest Sunday in the West Bank by Israeli forces. The Israeli army has denied the allegations, saying he was [...]
