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Court delays Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial
A Milan court on Wednesday delayed former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial after receiving new medical documents confirming that an eye ...
Top Malawi officials charged with treason
Malawi's courts on Wednesday charged 12 top government officials and former cabinet ministers with treason for an alleged coup plot last year ...
German authorities move against Islamic extremists
German authorities banned three ultraconservative Islamic groups Wednesday and separately announced they had foiled a suspected assassination attempt ...
Egypt: Morsi's government appeals vote suspension
A government legal agency representing Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi appealed on Wednesday the court-ordered suspension of a controversial ...
Tribesmen stone Pakistani soldier to death
Tribesmen tied a Pakistani soldier to the hood of a car and stoned him to death in the country's restive northwest for allegedly having a romantic ...
Greek ultra-rightist to face trial over TV fracas
Greece's Parliament has voted to allow the prosecution of a leading ultra-right lawmaker for assaulting two female left-wing politicians during a live ...
Nigeria pardons ex-governor who stole millions
Nigeria has pardoned the former political benefactor of the nation's president, a presidential adviser said Wednesday, a politician convicted of ...
Indian PM demands Italy return marines for trial
India's prime minister demanded Wednesday that Italy return two marines accused of killing a pair of fishermen last year or face unspecified ...
LA archdiocese settles 4 sex abuse cases for $10M
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10 million to settle four cases alleging abuse by a now-defrocked priest who told ...
Victim calls decision in assault case shocking
An advocacy group says the victim in an Air Force sexual assault case is shocked and disappointed by a general's decision to dismiss the charges ...
Audio of GI's statement on WikiLeaks case released
Some supporters of an Army private charged with aiding the enemy released a leaked audio recording Tuesday of Pfc. Bradley Manning explaining why he ...
Mali media outlets go silent over editor's arrest
The airwaves in Mali's capital fell silent on Tuesday and newspapers didn't print a morning edition in protest over the arrest last week of an editor ...
Egypt activist gets 2 years for prosecutor slap
An Egyptian activist who led protests over an iconic torture victim during the rule of Hosni Mubarak was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison ...
South Africa police denied bail in dragging case
Nine South African police officers charged with murdering a Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged from a police vehicle have been denied bail.
Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Mandela ex-wife
Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie ...
Germany hunting 182 fugitive neo-Nazis
Authorities say 182 wanted neo-Nazis are currently at large in Germany. Germany's Interior Ministry published the figure after opposition lawmakers ...
Body of dead Indian rape defendant given to family
The body of a man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a high-profile rape trial was released to his family Tuesday after a post-mortem ...
Azerbaijani editor sentenced to 9 years in jail
The editor of an independent Azerbaijani newspaper has been sentenced to nine years in prison for bribery in a trial dismissed by his supporters and ...
HP's Autonomy allegations trigger another inquiry
British authorities have opened an investigation into Hewlett-Packard's allegations that the personal computer maker was duped when it bought business ...
Hagel to review Air Force sexual assault case
A case involving an Air Force general who dismissed charges against a lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault will be reviewed at the top ...
Report: UK police had Savile abuse records in '60s
An independent report into how British police handled allegations against disgraced late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile said Tuesday that police held ...
Burns changes promoters, facing possible lawsuit
WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns is facing a possible civil lawsuit after switching promoters to force the cancellation of the unification bout ...