The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Friday upheld the dismissal of a case brought by approximately three million Vietnamese plaintiffs against more than 30 American chemical companies for producing and...
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David Bermingham, one of three British bankers known as the NatWest Three was sentenced to over three years in prison Friday after pleading guilty in November to one count of wire fraud. Bermingham, along...
The appeals chamber of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone on Friday upheld the sentences of three former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council who were convicted...
Delegates failed to agree on a binding treaty banning cluster bombs by the end of a five-day conference organized by Cluster Munitions Coalition (CMC) in New Zealand Friday, but have agreed to...
The National Parliament of East Timor voted Friday to further extend the country's state of emergency , which was set to expire Saturday, by an additional 30 days. Last week, the parliament extended the state of emergency [JURIST...
The British House of Commons approved an order Thursday extending until March 2009 provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 regarding control orders, which impose restrictions on uncharged terror suspects. The measure was approved by...
James Tobin , President Bush's 2004 campaign chairman for New England, was acquitted Thursday of federal telephone harassment charges for his alleged role in a 2002 phone-jamming scheme. In his ruling Thursday, US District Judge Steven...
The US must do more to meet its obligations to fight racial discrimination under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination , UN rights experts from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial...
French judges Thursday questioned a trader tied to the alleged French "rogue trader" Jerome Kerviel , who made $73 billion worth of unauthorized trades while working for French bank Societe Generale . The man, who...
Serbian demonstrators set fire to the US Embassy in Belgrade Thursday after a massive street demonstration that drew an estimated 150,000 people to protest Kosovo's weekend unilateral declaration of independence . The United States formally...
