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S. Africa: Nigerian suspect in 2010 bombing guilty
A South African court on Monday said a Nigerian terror suspect was guilty of masterminding twin car bombings during a celebration in Nigeria.
Indicted Megaupload founder opens new sharing site
Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website that promises users greater privacy and defies the U.S. prosecutors who ...
Part of courthouse burnt in Egypt clashes
A courthouse went up in flames in Egypt's northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria during clashes between protesters and riot police Sunday, ...
Egypt clashes at trial of security officers
Riot police fired tear gas Saturday to disperse dozens of demonstrators throwing rocks outside an Alexandria courthouse where the city's ex-security ...
UK man jailed for posting beheading videos online
A British court has sentenced a man to five years in prison for posting gruesome beheading videos on Facebook. The 42-year-old Craig Slee also put ...
Charges stay for now in Sept. 11 at Guantanamo
The prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks will go on — for now — with eight charges against each ...
South Beach 'B-Girl' scammer gets 3 years prison
A Russian mobster was sentenced Friday to a relatively lenient three years in federal prison after admitting he ran a South Beach scam that used ...
Paper: Armstrong lawsuit strengthened by admission
The British newspaper Sunday Times said its lawsuit against Lance Armstrong has been strengthened by the cyclist's doping confession. The Sunday Times ...
Jailed priest recants plea in US abuse trial
An imprisoned ex-priest at the center of a landmark Roman Catholic priest-abuse case testified Thursday that he pleaded guilty to a sexual assault he ...
Chicago man who backed terror group gets 14 years
A Chicago businessman was sentenced to 14 years in prison Thursday for providing material support to overseas terrorism, including a Pakistani group ...
Moammar Gadhafi's son appears in Libyan court
The imprisoned son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi made his first appearance on Thursday in a local court on charges of harming state security, ...
Russia angry over US fines for Jewish collection
Russia on Thursday harshly criticized a U.S. court ruling fining it $50,000 a day for holding onto tens of thousands of religious books and ...
Berlusconi's wiretap trial postponed in Italy
An Italian court accepted a request from former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's defense team and agreed to postpone his wiretap leaks trial until after ...
Ex-BAE agent found guilty of manipulating evidence
An Austrian court has found a former agent for Defense Contractor BAE Systems PLC guilty of tampering with evidence but innocent of the more serious ...
Bahrain activist free on bail before Twitter trial
A lawyer in Bahrain says a human rights activist has been freed on bail after more than two months in custody on charges of posting false news on ...
US judge fines Russia for not returning collection
A U.S. judge Wednesday fined Russia $50,000 a day until it complies with his earlier order that the country return a Jewish group's historical books ...
Egypt's Mubarak pays back $3 million for gifts
Ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family will pay back around $3 million for gifts they received from a state newspaper while he was still in ...
Agency: Son of Iran opposition leader sentenced
An Iranian news agency reports the son of a leading Iranian opposition figure has been sentenced to a suspended six-month jail term for interviews ...
Winfrey says Armstrong interview 'intense'
A televised confession by Lance Armstrong isn't enough. Anti-doping officials want the disgraced cyclist to admit his guilt under oath before ...
Pakistani court orders PM's arrest amid huge rally
Pakistan's leaders received a powerful one-two punch Tuesday as the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in a corruption case and ...
Serie A judge excuses AC Milan for racism incident
A football judge has decided not to punish AC Milan for walking off the field after being subjected to racist chants during a friendly with ...