Recent Updates
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Court and UN Challenged by Darfur Case
Legal World 12/03/2007[##_1L|1092887764.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]From the moment the International Criminal Court opened its annual two-week meeting, its credibility was being put to the test because of its failure to start prosecuting two Sudanese charged ...
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Larry Ellison wins court battle of the billionaires
Legal World 11/28/2007The Supreme Court of the State of New York yesterday ruled against Alinghi, the Swiss defenders of the America’s Cup, upholding the legal challenge of BMW Oracle Racing (BOR) and making the American team the official challengers for the trophy. Justi...
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No Return for Guantanamo Detainee to Kenya
Legal World 11/21/2007A Kenyan court ruled on Wednesday that it has no jurisdiction in a case filed by Kenyan relatives of an alleged al-Qaida operative in U.S. custody, but suggested Kenyan law be changed to ensure the rights of such suspects. Abdul Malik, also known as ...
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U.N. Chief Seeks More Climate Change Leadership
Legal World 11/18/2007[##_1L|1406286973.jpg|width="100" height="125" alt=""|_##]Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, describing climate change as “the defining challenge of our age,” released the final report of a United Nations panel on climate change here on Saturday and call...
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Achieving Global Accord on Iran Sanctions May Be Harder
Legal World 11/17/2007A face-off begins this coming week among the world's major powers over whether to impose new economic sanctions to pressure Iran into suspending its nuclear-fuel program.Weeks of shadow diplomacy will start to gel on Thursday, when the governing boar...
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UK Court OKs Extradition of Cleric
Legal World 11/16/2007Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face trial on charges of supporting terrorism, a British court ruled Thursday.Al-Masri has been charged with trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon, conspiri...
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Prosecutor Tries to Ban Kurdish Party
Legal World 11/16/2007Turkish authorities on Friday took steps to ban the country's leading pro-Kurdish political party and expel several of its lawmakers from parliament on charges of separatism.The Democratic Society Party, which won 20 seats in parliament in July, last...
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EU consumer laws won't go US route
Legal World 11/13/2007AMERICAN-STYLE class action lawsuits are not on the agenda in Europe, ministers have promised. The European Union's consumer chief dismissed fears she intends to introduce US-style class action lawsuits to member states next year as part of her strat...
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Whistleblowers Pop Up As Japan Changes
Legal World 11/12/2007When officer Toshiro Semba revealed his bosses in the police department were forging receipts to wine and dine on the public's money, they took his gun away.He was decreed too emotionally unstable to carry a weapon _ a humiliation, he says, designed ...
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China Sentences 5 to Death in Xinjiang
Legal World 11/11/2007[##_1L|1087500653.jpg|width="140" height="105" alt=""|_##]China has sentenced to death five ethnic Muslims from the country's restive far western region who were accused of separatist activities, state media reported Sunday. Xinhua News Agency said o...
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Russia asks UN to urge Georgia to stop violence
Legal World 11/08/2007[##_1L|1297653181.jpg|width="100" height="125" alt=""|_##]Russia called on the international community on Thursday to get Georgia's leadership to stop using violence against protesters and to respect human rights. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvi...
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Turkey: Fighting With Kurds Will Surge
Legal World 11/01/2007Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday increased military action against separatist Kurdish rebels was "unavoidable" and pressed the United States for a crackdown on guerrilla bases in northern Iraq.Turkish helicopters pounded rebel positions near the ...