A Seoul court ruled Thursday that cancer patients suing South Korean tobacco firm Korea Tobacco and Ginseng Co. (KTG) do not have enough evidence to link their diseases to negligence on the part of the companies. The...
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that the increasingly-controversial issue of whether Catholic adoption agencies would have to permit adoptions by same-sex couples under new equality regulations will be decided in cabinet next week. The rules would ostensibly...
A North Carolina state judge on Thursday issued an injunction blocking two executions until Gov. Mike Easley issues new procedures to execute capital defendants without the presence of doctors. The new execution protocol is required after the North Carolina...
US Army Pfc. Corey R. Clagett pleaded guilty during his court-martial on Thursday to charges of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to obstruct justice, relating to the killing of several Iraqi detainees after...
US District Court Judge Melinda Harmon on Wednesday granted a motion to dismiss seven defendants from the Enron shareholder derivative lawsuit , scheduled to go to trial in April. The lead plaintiff in the case, the University...
Italian police Chief Superintendent Chiara Giacomantonio said Wednesday that a four month-long investigation has turned up nearly 2,000 suspects believed to be involved in human trafficking in Italy. According to police, most of the...
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has called for change to the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code, which makes "insulting the Turkish identity" a crime. Gul, who last December...
A parliamentary committee of the Israeli Knesset voted 13-11 Thursday to grant the request of Israeli President Moshe Katsav for a three-month temporary suspension. The Knesset vote preserves Katsav's immunity even though...
US District Judge Marcia Clarke did not sanction a defense lawyer for alleged terrorist Jose Padilla during Wednesday court hearings for violating a protective order that bars distribution of sensitive documents, but instead had...
Sentencing proceedings in the case against Saddam Hussein-era Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan were postponed until February 12 Thursday after lawyers for the survivors of Ramadan's crimes failed to show up in court. The lawyers...
