A Filipino court acquitted Imelda Marcos of all five charges of tax evasion Wednesday, finding that the prosecution failed to demonstrate criminal intent in Marcos' failure to pay income and estate taxes between 1985 and 1989. Marcos,...
Gallenthin Realty Development, Inc. v. Borough of Paulsboro, New Jersey Supreme Court, June 13, 2007 . Read the full text...
Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby , commander of Joint Task Force - Guantanamo Bay, told AP Tuesday that there are two ongoing investigations into the apparent suicide death of a Saudi Arabian detainee, adding that...
Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virgina Tech Tragedy, US Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, and Department of Education, June 13, 2007 [finding that educational, health, and law enforcement workers don't understand privacy...
National Instant Criminal Background Check System Improvement Amendment Act of 2007, passed by the US House of Representatives, June 13, 2007 . Read the full text of the bill . Reported in...
Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Tuesday that Poland would insist on new discussions on voting within the Council of the European Union before Poland will agree to any proposed EU constitutional "treaty" . Kaczynski...
Judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Wednesday that they have unanimously adopted internal rules for the ECCC following the conclusion of a two-week meeting that convened ...
The judicial panel of the UK House of Lords ruled Wednesday that Human Rights Act of 1998 (HRA) applies to British soldiers overseas in the case of killed Iraqi detainee Baha Musa . The Law...
The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected efforts by the city of St. Louis to recoup $15 million in lead paint removal costs from paint and pigment manufacturers. In its 4-3 opinion , the high court upheld a lower court's...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled a series of reforms Tuesday designed to address the backlog of claims by aboriginal tribes over land seized by the Canadian government, saying a system would be created to...