Two British men who face fraud charges in the US related to the Enron scandal are searching for new lawyers, according to papers filed Monday by counsel for a third British man also facing trial. The trial date for the three former NatWest bankers is set for September 11, but the men claim they will [...]
Several hundred thousand protestors camped out in Mexico City's major business district Monday to rally against the defeat of presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the country's July 2 election and call for a ballot recount. The protestors, who were led by Lopez Obrador, brought the capital city's Reforma boulevard and the nearby Zocalo [...]
Corruption charges filed last week against former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi have been dropped after the head of the country's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) was suspended, Malawi's director of public prosecutions said Monday. President Bingu wa Mutharika , Muluzi's hand-picked successor, suspended ACB director Gustave Kaliwo on Thursday , leaving no one to oversee the case [...]
The parliament of Afghanistan on Monday confirmed Abdul Salam Hazami as chief justice of the Afghan Supreme Court after rejecting an earlier nominee put forward by President Hamid Karzai . Hazami's new nomination was approved by a vote of 158-16, with five abstentions. Hazami, who graduated from Kabul University and Al-Azhar University in Egypt, left [...]
Lawyers for the Texas Republican Party argued before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Monday that the GOP should be allowed to remove former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay from the November ballot because he no longer lives in Texas. The party is appealing a decision by US District Judge Sam [...]
A senior Italian intelligence official has told prosecutors that the US Central Intelligence Agency had planned to kidnap more than 10 Muslims suspected of terrorism from Italy and elsewhere and deliver them to Middle Eastern countries for interrogation and detention, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday. Gen. Gustavo Pignero, who along with a colleague was arrested [...]
A federal judge has blocked a Minnesota law scheduled to take effect Tuesday that would have imposed a fine of up to $25 on minors who purchase video games rated for adults and would have required retailers to post notice of the fines. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) argued before US District Judge James Rosenbaum [...]
Former telecommunications executive Clark McLeod has agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer , Spitzer's office announced Monday. Spitzer filed the lawsuit in 2002, alleging that McLeod, former chairman and CEO of McLeodUSA Inc. , had received stock in 34 companies before their initial public [...]
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state law prohibiting felons from voting while on parole does not violate the Colorado Constitution. The unanimous court affirmed the decision of the Denver district court, holding that parole is part of a convict's "full term of imprisonment," even though parole did not exist when the voting [...]
The judge presiding over the much-anticipated corruption trial of former South Africa deputy president Jacob Zuma Monday postponed proceedings until September 5. The prosecution sought to have the trial postponed for further investigation, while the defense sought to have the case withdrawn. Zuma was indicted on corruption charges last November, and has said the charges [...]
