Search Results for: 2008-11-25

An Australian jury on Monday convicted radical cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika and five other Muslims in that country's highest-profile terrorism trial to date. Benbrika, also known as Abu Bakr, was found guilty in the Supreme...

Iowa's Attorney General's Office announced on Tuesday that it has filed a complaint against meatpacking company Agriprocessors Inc. and its top officials for 9,311 child labor law violations. The alleged violations...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) quashed a 25-year prison sentence against former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi Friday, ruling that there was insufficient evidence for his conviction on charges...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit Thursday against international trading fund Optiver Holding BV and some of its subsidiaries and employees, alleging that the company...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Wednesday rejected an appeal of Canadian-born financier and former media mogul Conrad Black . Convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice in...

A Virginia circuit court judge approved an $11 million state settlement agreement Tuesday for the families of 24 people killed in the April 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech . The settlement, which many...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday reiterated his commitment to improving Russia's human rights record, preserving an independent media, and enforcing the rule of law. Speaking at the opening of the 10th World Russian Press Congress [RT video...

The co-chair of Pakistan's governing Pakistan People's Party (PPP) pleaded for calm Thursday with members of the nation's vocal lawyers' movement, cautioning that "hidden forces" could seize on any perceived unrest to reimpose martial law and destroy...

The US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 10-9 Wednesday to overturn a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that rejected California's request for a waiver allowing the...