Report of the Inquiry into certain Australian companies in relation to the UN oil-for-food program, Australian Government Attorney, November 27, 2006 [Cole Commission report recommending that criminal charges be brought against 12 business executives for paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's...
The US Supreme Court announced in a one line order Monday that it would not grant a temporary stay in a case involving federal investigators' access to the phone records of two New York Times...
The Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa Monday rejected a legal challenge by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba to the official results of last month's...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review an Illinois Supreme Court decision setting aside a $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA for its marketing of "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes....
US Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine has launched an internal investigation into the DOJ's use of intelligence gathered under the NSA's domestic surveillance program , according to a letter from Fine to Congressional leaders...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , 05-1074, a case that addresses whether and when a plaintiff...
An Italian judge adjourned the tax fraud trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British lawyer David Mills Monday after Berlusconi collapsed during a speech in...
The Iraqi Parliament Monday indefinitely barred journalists from sessions of parliament as part of efforts by Iraq's National Security Council to stop contradictory statements made by Iraqi politicians, according to Reuters. Speaker Mahmoud...
Chilean Judge Victor Montiglio indicted former dictator Augusto Pinochet Monday and placed him under house arrest in connection with the firing-squad deaths of two of former President Salvador Allende's bodyguards during the so-called Caravan...
Israel is willing to release many Palestinian prisoners , even long-term detainees, if Palestinian militants agree to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit , Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday. Shalit was captured...