Attorneys for US citizen Ahmed Abu Ali were ordered Momday to produce expert reports to support his claim that he was abused while in Saudi custody. US District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee directed Ali's lawyers to file medical reports to corroborate his claim that he was physically mistreated after his 2003 arrest in Saudi Arabia [...]

Arguments over Kenya's draft constitution have intensified after former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi spoke out in opposition to the document over the weekend, saying it would cause "animosity and distrust" in the country. Religious groups have also opposed the proposals championed by current President Mwai Kibaki , arguing that the draft released early last [...]

China's Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) has ratified the international World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control , created earlier this year as the first international legal means to lessen tobacco-related deaths and diseases. The treaty creates a national regulation in China banning tobacco vending machines; prohibits radio, television, internet, [...]

The former chairman of Egypt's largest state-owned newspaper allegedly took millions of dollars in secret payments, according to a report by Cairo's El-Osboa newspaper . Ibrahim Nafie became chairman of the Al-Ahram press group in 1979 and allegedly gave himself $14,400 daily from the distribution and advertising budgets, and threw yearly birthday parties costing the [...]

The New Mexico Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by 2004 presidential candidates David Cobb and Michael Badnarik . Attorneys for Cobb and Badnarik argued that New Mexico election officials deliberately obstructed justice by giving counties permission to clear electronic voting machines while their demand for a recount of New Mexico's [...]

Several civil rights organizations, including the University of Chicago Law School's MacArthur Justice Center and the ACLU of Illinois announced Monday that they have asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate allegations that as many as 20 Chicago police detectives used torture to obtain confessions from black suspects between 1971 and 1992. According [...]

An immigration judge held a hearing Monday to determine if former anti-Castro CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles should be granted asylum to the US after illegally entering through Mexico earlier this year. Venezuelan officials have requested the Cuban citizen's extradition to their country so that he can face charges regarding his alleged involvement in the [...]

KPMG agreed to pay $456 million Monday in a settlement that will allow the accounting firm to avoid federal criminal prosecution for selling abusive tax shelters enabling wealthy individuals to evade income tax liabilities during 1996-2002. KPMG admitted the firm attempted to hide fraudulent tax shelters from the Internal Revenue Service and earlier this year [...]

An Iraqi judge investigating charges against Saddam Hussein met with Kurdish officials Monday to gather information about the 1988 poison gas attack against the northern Iraq village of Halabja. The investigating judge from the Iraqi Special Tribunal visited Halabja in order to "inspect and collect information regarding the use of weapons of mass destruction against [...]

The Federal Elections Commission has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that the FEC must write tougher rules for the enforcement of campaign financing laws. The FEC filed a petition for a rehearing en banc Monday, asking the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to reconsider its decision in Shays [...]