The UN-affiliated Special Court for Sierra Leone wrapped up a pledging conference by receiving $10 million from UN member states, but fell more than halfway short of the tribunal's $25 million...
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Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti announced Monday that six hospitals, including the state's major public hospital, Charity Hospital, and thirteen nursing homes are under investigation to determine whether they mishandled evacuations, abandoned, or euthanized patients...
The European Union imposed sanctions on Uzbekistan Monday for refusing to investigate the deadly suppression of a May uprising . The sanctions, which include suspending a cooperation accord, imposing an arms...
The US has circulated a draft UN resolution calling for the UN's peacekeeping force in Liberia to arrest former Liberian president Charles Taylor if he tries to return from his exile in Nigeria. The...
The first federal fraud charges stemming from the online collection of Hurricane Katrina donations have been filed against Gary S. Kraser, a federal prosecutor in Miami announced Monday. Kraser is accused of collecting nearly $40,000 in...
The United Nations Tuesday called on Iraq's National Assembly to review recently revised rules for the upcoming October 15 referendum on the proposed Iraqi constitution . The National Assembly convened Sunday...
Egypt reassured the US Monday that Sami Al Laithi, an Egyptian man who was released from Guantanamo Bay last week and tranferred to Egypt, would be "treated humanely, in accordance with Egyptian and international...
MCI agreed Monday to pay $331 million to 16 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations that the company illegally classified transfers between subsidiaries to avoid paying state taxes as part of the WorldCom accounting...
The European Union officially opened accession negotiations Tuesday with Turkey after member states were able to overcome a deadlock on whether to offer Turkey full membership . Late Monday, Austria...
State of Texas v. John Dominick Colyandro, James Walter Ellis, and Thomas Dale DeLay, District Court of Travis County, Texas, filed October 3, 2005 . Read the full text...
