Search Results for: 2006-06-20

A federal grand jury in Ohio on Monday indicted seven former executives of National Century Financial Enterprises on charges of conspiracy, fraud, and promotion of money laundering. The seven former executives of the...

The Belarus prosecutor general said Wednesday that there will be many trials for opposition supporters who protested the country's presidential elections earlier this month. Pyotr Miklashevich indicated that over 500 protestors, including 21 foreigners, were detained for...

The Fukuoka district court in Japan on Wednesday dismissed a case brought by 45 Chinese men accusing the Japanese government and two Japanese mining companies of forcing them to work in Japanese coal mines during World...

Orders Resolving Numerous Broadcast Television Indecency Complaints, US Federal Communications Commission, March 15, 2006. Read the full text of FCC 06-17 on Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts Between February 2, 2002 and March 8, 2005; FCC 06-18 on...

Wire services are reporting that US District Judge Leonie Brinkema has ruled that the government can continue to seek the death penalty in the Zacarias Moussaoui case, but that the government aviation witnesses who were improperly...

Prosecutors in Milan announced Friday that after an investigation they have formally asked a judge to issue an indictment against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his former lawyer, British barrister David Mills,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Sunday refused to stay the execution of Michael Morales , but in a second decision also approved the presence of a doctor at his...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has again said that his country refuses to extradite any Sudanese citizens for prosecution by the International Criminal Court . In remarks made during this weekend's celebration of the golden...

Former US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora warned the Pentagon as early as 2002 that legal arguments advanced by Bush administration officials seeking to avoid international prohibitions against torture were wrong and could lead to the...

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi , facing possible indictment for allegedly bribing his former lawyer to give false testimony in two criminal cases, told supporters at a campaign rally in Verona Saturday that the...