French authorities on Sunday ordered alleged "rogue trader" Jerome Kerviel to be held for an additional 24 hours while police investigate the $73 billion worth of unauthorized trades Kerviel made while working for the French bank Societe...
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Former Indonesian President Haji Mohammed Suharto died Sunday at age 86. Suharto, a former US Cold War ally, presided over what is considered to be one of the most brutal dictatorships of the 20th...
The Russian Central Election Commission issued a unanimous decision Sunday to ban former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov from running in the March presidential election. The Election Commission found that hundreds of thousands of signatures he...
A Sudanese aid worker formerly held at Guantanamo Bay was among a group of ex-prisoners that demanded money and an apology from the US government Saturday for physical and mental torture they say they were subjected...
Jerome Kerviel, a former trader at the French bank Societe Generale , turned himself in to French police Saturday in connection with an investigation of what caused the bank to lose more than $7 billion. Kerviel has been...
Afghan Ambassador to Canada Omar Samad said Friday that his country still considers its agreement with Canada regarding the transfer of detainees to be in effect and is working closely with NATO forces to ensure the safety...
Suspected Russian crime lord Semyon Y. Mogilevich has been arrested in Moscow on tax evasion charges, Russian officials said Friday. Mogilevich was arrested late Wednesday and a court approved his arrest on Thursday. Mogilevich is also wanted in the...
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed concern Saturday about "gross and systematic abuses of human rights" taking place in Kenya in the wake of last month's disputed presidential election . Annan is in the country to...
The military government of Myanmar continues to arrest political dissidents despite assurances given by Prime Minister Thein Sein in November that the arrests had stopped and no more would take place, Amnesty International reported Friday....
Hanih Saleh Rashid Abdullah et al., v. George W. Bush et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 24, 2008 [ordering the government to submit a report detailing why the CIA destroyed video recordings of terrorist suspect...
