A senior defense lawyer at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was shot dead outside of his home Tuesday night. Police say Jwani Mwaikusa was killed , along with his...
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Former Democratic Party fundraiser Hassan Nemazee was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in March to charges of bank fraud and wire fraud relating to his orchestration of $292 million pyramid scheme. The federal judge...
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled 5-4 that the DC Charter was not violated when city officials refused to allow a ballot initiative on same-sex marriage . The court,...
A Gambian court on Thursday sentenced eight mensix former army officers and two former high-ranking government officialsto death for their roles in a 2009 coup attempt. The men were charged in March with conspiring to overthrow the...
Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday ordered the release of accused Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo . The announcement comes one week after the court...
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox (R) filed an amicus curiae brief Wednesday on behalf of nine states in support of Arizona in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the US...
The US military on Thursday transferred control over Camp Cropper to Iraqi authorities as US troops prepare to withdraw from the country next month. Despite the transfer, the US will maintain advisers and inspectors ...
The Argentine Senate on Thursday voted 33-27 to legalize same-sex marriage , making Argentina the first Latin American nation to do so. The legislation, which includes adoption rights for same-sex couples, was approved...
The US House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday approved an amendment , as part of a broader piece of legislation that would bar new offshore drilling and gas permits to any company...
Connecticut company XPRT Ventures LLC filed suit Tuesday against eBay in the US District Court for the District of Delaware , claiming the infringement of six patents for online auctions and payment systems....
