Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has started an informal investigation into aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. over the classification of trade accounts payable transactions starting in 2003. Alcoa has said it will...

ChoicePoint announced Monday that residents in all 50 states and D.C. may have been affected by a security breach which resulted in criminals gaining access to its massive database of consumer information. California authorities say as many...

Retired Bosnian Serb general Milan Gvero agreed on Monday to voluntarily surrender to the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague. The Serbian government said that Belgrade had received an indictment against the general from the International Criminal Tribunal...

In an unprecedented move, Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell has publicly claimed that three of the most prominent figures in the Sinn Fein political party, including party leader Gerry Adams , are members of the IRA...

European Union officials are encouraged by Spain's overwhelming support in Sunday's referendum for the body's proposed new Constitution , but remain guarded because there are still many challenges ahead in the numerous countries set to cast similar...

Haitian police are still hunting several hundred prisoners who escaped when an armed commando attacked Haiti's national penitentiary in what sources close to Haiti's president are calling an attempt to free those "imprisoned for money crimes," an apparent reference...

A national conference on constitutional change meets Monday in Nigeria to review and propose amendments to the nation's 45-year-old constitution . Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has traditionally opposed a reform movement, but agreed to the constitutional...

Final results of the Spanish referendum on the treaty establishing a European constitution, February 20, 2005 . Review the final vote totals from the Spanish...

The Royal Navy has become the first branch of the British Armed Forces to actively promote the protection of the civil rights of its homosexual and bisexual members. Navy officials signed the Diversity Champions Programme ...

Israel released 500 prisoners Monday in a 'goodwill gesture' that was first proposed at the Sharm al-Sheikh summit held nearly two weeks ago and was approved by the Israeli parliament last Sunday. The 500 prisoners are the...