Search Results for: 2006-04-06

The Constitutional Court of South Africa on Friday enforced a contract between the South African Social Services Agency (SASSA) and Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) to ensure that beneficiaries will...

The number of homicides in Florida has increased "significantly" since the passing of the so-called Stand Your Ground law , according to a report from the Journal of the American Medical Association released Monday. In the report ,...

South Africa's top prosecutor on Monday dropped fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan . Shaun Abrahams , an advocate for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) , said the decision comes after determining Gordhan did not intentionally...

A three-member panel for the Supreme Court of Indonesia rejected a radical Islamic leader's appeal of his conviction on Thursday. Abu Bakar Bashir, religious leader of the southeast-Asian Jemaah Islamiyah militants, had requested judicial review of his...

The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Wednesday reopened a complaint by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) against mortgage giant, Freddie Mac . The complaint, based on Third Amendment grounds, was originally filed in...

In a unanimous ruling on Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a settlement agreement between retailers and credit card issuers. Millions of retailers had reached a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement [NYT...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging a provision in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) allowing for criminal prosecution based on access that "exceeds authorized use." The ACLU...

A South African court on Friday denied President Jacob Zuma's appeal of a prior court ruling that he should face nearly 800 corruption charges. Judge Aubrey Ledwaba stated "e seriously considered whether the appeal would...

China continues to harvest organs from prisoners and those opposed to the Chinese Communist Party, according to a report released on Wednesday. The report, by David Kilgour, David Matas and Ethan Gutman, relies upon statements and publicly...

Members of the US House of Representatives approved bi-partisan legislation to relieve financial pressure on Puerto Rico on Thursday. The statute, entitled the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act of 2016 (PROMESA) , creates a financial...