US District Judge Edward Nottingham Friday sentenced former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio to six years in prison and ordered him to pay the maximum $19 million fine and forfeit of $52...
The European Commission (EC) confirmed Friday that its Directorate General for Competition has sent a Statement of Objections (SO) to semiconductor manufacturing giant Intel , notifying the company that the EC believes it has abused its...
French magistrates have filed preliminary charges of "complicity in slanderous denunciations" against former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin , Villepin's lawyer said Friday. Villepin is accused of ordering a smear campaign against...
The United States and the European Union Thursday signed an agreement on the regulation of trans-Atlantic airline passenger data-sharing , allowing the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to continue using...
A Nigerian court sentenced former state governor Dieprieye Alamieyeseigha Thursday to a total of 12 years in prison after Alamieyeseigha pleaded guilty to six counts of corruption and money laundering. Alamieyeseigha, who governed the oil-rich Bayelsa state...
US President George W. Bush signed the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 Thursday, expanding the investigative scope of the Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...
Australian Director of Public Prosecutions Damian Bugg ordered the dismissal of a terror charge against Dr. Mohammad Haneef Friday. Bugg said that after personally reviewing all materials in the case,...
Former South Africa President F.W. de Klerk on Thursday denied having knowledge of or participating in crimes against opposition members while he was in office during the apartheid era, adding that South Africa should...
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Thursday contradicted testimony given by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales earlier this week concerning a 2004 discussion of intelligence activities. Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday that there was dissent...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Russian authorities were responsible for the shooting death of 11 unarmed civilians in Chechnya and ordered Russia to pay damages and court expenses totaling 163,864...