The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced that the agency had reached a $500 million settlement with Google for permitting Canadian pharmaceutical companies to advertise to and target US consumers. The...
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Russian investigators on Wednesday arrested a former police officer in connection with the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Authorities arrested Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov , who is suspected of arranging Politkovskaya's murder...
A Michigan court of appeals ruled Tuesday that medical marijuana cannot be sold at private dispensaries. The defendants are owners of Compassionate Apothecary (CA) , a privately owned medical marijuana dispensary that facilitates...
Accused war criminal Goran Hadzic on Wednesday entered a not guilty plea at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Hadzic had refused to enter a plea in July when he...
Bangladeshi authorities must put an end to extrajudicial executions by government authorities, Amnesty International (AI) urged on Wednesday. In a report entitled "Crimes Unseen: Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh" , AI alleges that the Rapid...
A Thai court on Wednesday acquitted Pojamarn Shinawatra , the ex-wife of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra , overturning a tax evasion conviction. Shinawatra was convicted of tax evasion in...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday concluded its first war crimes trial after two years. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leader Thomas Lubanga was taken into ICC custody in March 2006,...
UN Special Rapporteur on human trafficking Joy Ngozi Ezeilo on Monday urged the government of Thailand to improve measures to combat human trafficking , as well as protect the rights of migrant workers. The trafficking trade...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday ruled that a music file-sharing site could be held liable for contributory copyright infringement. EMI , along with...
The National Election Commission (NEC) of Liberia distributed defective paper ballots for Liberia's constitutional referendum Tuesday. Liberians were slated to vote today on four constitutional amendments, including a provision to change the election...
