A New Jersey federal judge dismissed a class action brought by investors of Merck & Co. Thursday, ruling that the suit was filed after the statute of limitations had run . The investors had said that Merck had deliberately concealed information from them about the safety record of its arthritis drug Vioxx . US District [...]

The Russian government Friday renewed its call for the United Kingdom to extradite Russian business billionaire Boris Berezovsky , who has been charged with plotting a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin . The request for extradition followed Berezovsky's latest call for the forceful overthrow of Putin. Berezovsky's comments have strained an already tenuous relationship [...]

Former Computer Associates (CA) CEO Sanjay Kumar will pay almost $800 million in restitution over his lifetime for his role in the accounting fraud in which CA swapped revenues of $2.2 billion with another company in 1999 and 2000, according to a settlement approved Friday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of [...]

US citizen Christopher Paul pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he conspired to assist terrorists and to bomb European tourist sites and US military and government facilities overseas. Paul, from Columbus, OH, did not request to be released on bond during his arraignment in the US Southern District of Ohio. Paul pleaded not guilty [...]

Eight prison guards from the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, NY pleaded not guilty on Friday at arraignments in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on charges of using physical violence and excessive force against two inmates and filing false reports to conceal their actions. A total of 11 [...]

Mexican President Felipe Calderon Thursday signed a decree decriminalizing libel and defamation, offenses previously punishable by prison sentences. Henceforward they will be punishable by fine and subject to civil suits. The move has already garnered the approval of media groups such as the Inter American Press Association (SIP) , which praised the fact that critics [...]

Russia's Foreign Ministry Thursday assailed a new human rights report critical of Russia issued last week by the US Department of State , claiming that the United States is using human rights as a pretense to interfere with Russia's domestic affairs in violation of the UN Charter. At a press conference , Russian Deputy Foreign [...]

A Quebec Superior Court judge Thursday postponed the war crimes trial of Desiré Munyaneza after he was severely beaten in his cell by another prisoner Wednesday night. The former Rwandan militia commander is charged under the Canadian Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act with seven counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes [...]

Eight suspected members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) were sent for trial Thursday by French investigators for their alleged role in the Casablanca terrorist attacks in May 2003. The suspects have been charged with engaging in a terrorist undertaking and could receive up to ten years in prison. GICM, which has been listed [...]

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a law that will "prohibit persons from engaging in picketing or a directed protest within 150 yards of any entrance" where a funeral is held or "conducted within one hour prior to, during the funeral, or within two hours following the funeral". Picketers that violate the law will face up [...]