Search Results for: 2013-03-14

Scotland banned the growing of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in an effort to preserve its "clean, green status" announced Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead on Sunday. The government seeks to use the recent European Union...

A former general in China's People's Liberation Army, Gu Junshan, on Monday was sentenced by a Chinese military court to death with a two year reprieve for corruption charges. Gu is one of the first to face trial [Xinhua...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday brought a lawsuit asking a federal appeals court to review a National Security Agency (NSA) phone data surveillance program. The motion filed by the ACLU...

The French Parliament on Wednesday adopted a surveillance bill that would give French intelligence services the authority to monitor Internet use metadata. It is reported that the bill also allows for court...

China's anti-corruption Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on Tuesday announced the launch of investigations into 26 government agencies and state-owned-enterprises (SOEs). The entities to be investigated include People's Daily Newspaper , Anshan Iron...

A French court acquitted 14 companies accused of bribery on Thursday for negotiating contracts as part of the UN oil-for-food program with the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein . The oil-for-food program allowed...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that a group of former top US officials may be held liable for the abuse of hundreds of detainees held for minor immigration...

China's ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang was found guilty Thursday of bribery, abuse of power and intentionally disclosing national secrets was sentenced to life imprisonment. He has also been deprived of his political rights for life and has had his...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in Jackson v. San Francisco , a case challenging a San Francisco law requiring gun owners to keep handguns "stored in a locked container...

The US Senate approved the USA Freedom Act on Tuesday, which reduces the federal government's surveillance of Americans' phone records. Shortly after the approval, President Barack Obama signed the measure into law, stating...