Military hearings begin for US soldier accused of killing superiors in Iraq
A military tribunal began hearings Monday in the case of a US Army sergeant accused of killing two of his superior officers in Iraq. The Article 32 hearing will determine whether Staff Sergeant...
Australia detainees harming selves in immigration camps, report shows
Approximately 900 detainees held in Australian Department of Immigration detention camps have caused themselves injury during the past three years, according to documents obtained by Macquarie University academic Denise Leith under Australia's Freedom of...
Corporations and securities brief ~ DaimlerChrysler execs deny insider trading
Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, executives at DaimlerChrysler have denied that they were involved in insider trading. German media are reporting that DaimlerChrysler's chief spokesman Hartmut Schick and executive board member Ruediger Grube are under...
Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v. Sharman License Holdings Ltd, Federal Court of Australia, September 5, 2005 [ruling that internet music file-sharing service Kazaa violates artists' copyrights by allowing its more than 100 million users to swap pirated digital music...
Australian court rules music filing-sharing site violates copyright laws
The Federal Court in Australia ruled Monday that internet music filing sharing service Kazaa violates artists' copyrights by allowing its more than 100 million users to swap pirated digital music files over the internet. While...
Japan announced plans Thursday to revise the so-called G-4 plan for expansion of the UN Security Council after the African Union rejected their previous proposal . The new plan will be presented to...
G4 bid to expand UN Council likely crippled by separate AU plan
The so-called G-4 plan for expansion of the UN Security Council now appears likely to fail as talks with the African Union to back the plan have broken down. Japan, Brazil, Germany and India...
African Union seeking agreement on Security Council expansion plan
After reaching an agreement with G4 nations to stick to a single plan for UN Security Council expansion, the African Union opened a conference on Thursday with 46 of the 53 member countries in attendance,...
International brief ~ African Nobel laureates call for AU sanctions against Mugabe
Leading Thursday's international brief, two of Africa's most prominent Nobel laureates have called for the African Union to impose sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for his continued program of mass evictions in Operation Murambatsvina...
UN Special Representative for Sudan Jan Pronk said Thursday that bandits in the Darfur region of Sudan have been stealing food and terrorizing and killing workers bringing supplies into the region. Pronk also said a group of bandits...
