The European Commission for Competition announced Tuesday that it will investigate Apple for anti-competitive practices in connection with its dealings with several publishers. The investigation is allowed by Article 11(6) of the Antitrust Regulation ....
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International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Tuesday that he will continue to monitor post-election violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Moreno-Ocampo said that he is in the process...
A group of 14 Asian countries in the Asia-Pacific region execute more people than the rest of the world combined, the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network said Monday. The report, When Justice Fails: Thousands Executed in Asia After...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged all sides in Yemen to cease ongoing deadly attacks and live up to previous commitments to investigate the serious human rights violations of its...
More than 20,000 children are subjected to harsh and unsafe conditions while working in Malian gold mines, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. Children reportedly carry heavy ore from the mining shafts and...
A second major tobacco company, Imperial Tobacco, Ltd. , on Tuesday filed an action in Australia's High Court challenging the country's new tobacco packaging laws. Last month, Parliament approved the Tobacco Plain...
Former Galleon Group hedge fund executive Raj Rajaratnam on Monday began serving his prison sentence at a Massachusetts military base. A judge in October sentenced Rajaratnam to 11 years in prison, fined him $10...
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo appeared before the Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday for an initial hearing . During the hearing the court verified Gbagbo's identity...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd v. Novo Nordisk A/S , the court heard arguments on drug patents. When the Food...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged global leaders to answer calls for the right to development . Ban's comments mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development , which...
