The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Christopher Cox , chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission , plans to put into operation a rule that would allow the government to take a stronger role as...

Trials commenced Monday at the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for four former Rwandan officials, including two government ministers suspected of taking part in the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people....

Authorities in Los Angeles said Monday that two people have been charged with fraud in the first federal case involving alleged fraudulent donation solicitations related to Hurricane Katrina relief. Tino Lee, 44, of Burbank and Gina...

A hearing in the appeal of imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky over his tax fraud conviction was delayed Monday due to confusion over who would lead his defense. The court hearing the appeal announced...

Wire services are reporting that two former Tyco executives have been sentenced to between 8 1/3 and 25 years in prison after having been found guilty of securities fraud, grand larceny and conspiracy earlier...

The Iraqi government on Monday announced that a nephew of Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to life in prison for providing funding to the insurgency in the country. The verdict was the first against a member...

Building Confidence in US Elections, Commission on Federal Election Reform, September 19, 2005 [final report of the 21-member bipartisan panel chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker, making 87 recommendations for changes to the...

The Israeli Justice Ministry has decided not to charge police for shootings that killed 13 Israeli Arabs during violent protests in October 2000. In closing all investigations stemming from the incident, the Police Investigations Unit on Monday...

The private Commission on Federal Election Reform , a 21-member bipartisan panel headed by former US President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker , recommended Monday that widespread changes be made to...

Four protestors who threw blood on the walls of an army recruitment office in 2003 will face trial in a federal court in Monday on charges of damaging government property and conspiracy to impede an officer of...