Sky News is reporting that Saadoun Janabi, a member of the legal defense team for Saddam Hussein , has been kidnapped in Baghdad. 4:07 PM ET – Reuters is now reporting the kidnapping victim, also identified by police as Saadoun Dulaimi, is actually a defense lawyer for former Iraqi judge Awad al-Bander, who is one [...]
The US Department of Justice is adopting a zero tolerance policy for anyone attempting to fraudulently acquire aid money appropriated to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday. Speaking to about 100 investigators from the Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force, Gonzales promised that every dollar directed to hurricane relief would be [...]
Motorola has filed a lawsuit against the incoming CEO of Nortel Networks , claiming the Canadian telecommunication equipment company's move to hire its former chief operating officer will inevitably result in the use and disclosure of Motorola's trade secrets. Nortel hired Mike Zafirovski as its president and CEO, effective November 15, after he resigned from [...]
AP is reporting that Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) has turned himself in for booking on criminal conspiracy and money laundering charges. A warrant was issued for DeLay's arrest Wednesday, and DeLay arrived at Houston's Harris County Sheriff's Office Thursday, where he was photographed, fingerprinted and released on a $10,000 bond. DeLay is scheduled to appear [...]
The European Commission has outlined its plan to combat human trafficking during a two-day conference, Tackling Human Trafficking , stressing the importance of cooperation between member states in the effort to stem the flow of adults and children smuggled into countries to work for low wages or as prostitutes. EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini pressed [...]
Top UN investigator Detlev Mehlis on Thursday turned a report over to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . Annan is expected to send a copy of the report to the UN Security Council and to Lebanese leaders on Friday. The UN launched the investigation in May [...]
The US military announced late Wednesday that it is conducting an investigation into the alleged desecration of the bodies of two dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan by US soldiers. The troops burned two bodies and used the charred remains in a propaganda campaign against insurgents, broadcast over loudspeakers towards a village thought to be hiding [...]
A Virginia oil trading company has pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree grand larceny in connection with the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal , according to a US prosecutor Thursday. Midway Trading was accused of paying kickbacks to Iraqi officials for oil purchases made under the program and will pay a $250,000 fine for its guilty [...]
Prosecutors for Spain's National Court asked Thursday that the court drop an arrest warrant issued for three American soldiers who allegedly killed Spanish journalist Jose Couso and a Ukrainian cameraman in Iraq, according to a court official. The prosecutor's office said that Spain does not have jurisdiction to investigate causes of death that result from [...]
Judges at The Hague Thursday refused a request by Slobodan Milosevic , on trial for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , for more time to question witnesses for his defense, and then urged Milosevic to accept the legal help offered to him. Milosevic [...]