The nephew of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was sentenced to a year in prison by a military tribunal Tuesday for his comments implicating the military in the assassination of his uncle over 25 years ago . Talat Al-Sadat, a politician from the small Al-Ahrar opposition party, has protested the trial , as the military [...]

The retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor accused of infecting over 400 Libyan patients, primarily children , with the HIV virus was adjourned Tuesday after resuming for only one day since a five week postponement caused by the illness of leading defense lawyer Othmane Bizanti. Bizanti returned to court Tuesday and once [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Philip Morris USA v. Williams , 05-1256, a case challenging the punitive damages awarded in a wrongful death action against Philip Morris USA brought by the relatives of a longtime smoker. Earlier this year, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld a jury award of $80 million in [...]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his government has no plans to abolish Article 301 of the country's penal code, despite warnings from the European Union that it infringes upon the freedom of expression. Turkey already revised portions of its penal code last year, and Erdogan said Sunday that Turkey will not [...]

Leading US auto supplier Delphi has settled civil fraud charges brought against it by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , the SEC announced Monday. The SEC complaint alleged that "between 2000 and 2004, Delphi engaged in multiple schemes that resulted in Delphi materially misstating its financial condition and operating results in filings with [...]

Russian human rights activists held vigil in Lubyanka Square, former KBG headquarters and current location of the Federal Security Service, in Moscow on Monday to commemorate victims of political persecution during the Soviet Era and to protest current prosecution of Russians on political grounds. International human rights group Memorial told Interfax on Sunday that there [...]

US Customs and Border Patrol agents arrested significantly fewer illegal immigrants attempting to cross US borders in fiscal year 2006 than in the previous year, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported Monday. According to the DHS report, "CBP Border Patrol agents improved border security, reducing the number of apprehensions at the borders by [...]

The early release of Tommy Suharto from prison Monday by court order under the Indonesian government's holiday remission program has prompted criticism that the Indonesian justice system continues to be easily manipulated by those with money and power. Suharto, whose full name is Hutomo Mandala Putra, is the son of former President Haji Mohammad Suharto [...]

US Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler A. Jackson will plead guilty in connection with the April 26 death of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania , Jackson's lawyer said Monday. Jackson faces court-martial on charges of murder, conspiracy, housebreaking, larceny and kidnapping, but his lawyer said that Jackson has agreed to plead guilty on lesser [...]

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sitting in London Monday upheld the sex abuse convictions of six men for committing rapes and sexual assaults against women and underage girls on the British possession of Pitcairn Island over a period of more than 30 years. The men, including the island's mayor, had asserted that English [...]