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Officials in Qatar on Monday launched a new human rights department which will function as a branch of the country's Interior Ministry . The department will work closely with the National Human Rights Committee, a state-financed...

The US House of Representatives passed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) early Thursday by a narrow two-vote margin, 217-215 after a strong push by President Bush. Senate approval of CAFTA last month 54-45 [roll...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has filed civil fraud charges against former executives of i2 Technologies , a Texas company that produces supply chain management software. In a press release, the SEC announced that...

Vietnamese officials said Tuesday that Vietnam will make its court decisions public for the first time to increase transparency as it seeks to comply with requirements for joining the World Trade Organization . Vietnam's Supreme People's Court [court...

Leading Monday's international brief, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has announced that the New Zealand government is currently investigating the possibility of bringing charges against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe before the...

The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) have come to an agreement in principle , ending the longest labor interruption in North American professional sports history. The two...

Royal Dutch/Shell Group announced Tuesday that it has settled a civil suit brought by employees in response to the company's overstatement of reserves for $90 million. The plaintiff employees were part of a retirement savings...

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, Big Four accounting firm Deloitte is under investigation by federal regulators. Bloomberg News is reporting that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board accidentally released a private...

Three members of Italy's far-left Red Brigades , who were among five people sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the murder of government economic advisor Marco Biagi, were sentenced Friday to another life term for the...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spokesman said today that the agency still plans to pursue a $785 million civil suit against former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy...