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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan , in a report to the UN Security Council, has accused Sudanese rebels of taking part in kidnappings, extortions and thefts, causing the already unstable Darfur region to become even more...

The US Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to review for the third time a 19-year old abortion case. In 1994 the Court held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) could be used to challenge anti-abortion blockades...

Pop star Michael Jackson has been acquitted of all charges against him. He had been charged with 10 counts in connection with events that allegedly took place with a 13-year-old boy two years ago. He was acquitted of four...

US District Court Judge Martin Jenkins ruled Friday that there was not enough evidence to sustain many of the counts against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko . In a complex trial that ended nearly one year...

Eleven sitting and former in northern New Jersey's Monmouth County were arrested and charged Tuesday as part of a federal corruption sting. Ten of the officials were charged with extorting cash bribes and free work from...

David D'Amiano, a Democratic fund-raiser and acquaintance of former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey , was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday for his part in soliciting $40,000 in cash and political contributions in return for his...

Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has denied that Iraq used the UN oil-for-food program to extort billions of dollars according to lawyer Badih Aref, speaking Friday for Aziz after having been allowed to...

US District Judge Ralph Tyson released a ruling Friday indicating he will not overturn the conviction of ex-Governor Edwin Edwards. After serving four terms as Louisiana's Governor from 1972-96, Edwards was convicted in 2000 for extorting payoffs from businessmen...