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Deutsche Bank takes $800 million lawsuits charge
Deutsche Bank has cut its 2012 profit figure because of new charges for possible costs from mortgage-related lawsuits in the U.S. The bank said ...
Journey guitarist sues ex-mother-in-law for libel
The lead guitarist for the rock band Journey has filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis that accuses his former mother-in-law of libeling him in her ...
Boateng testifies in Pro Patria fans' racism trial
Kevin-Prince Boateng and AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri are among those testifying in the racism trial against six fans of lower division club ...
Call for justice opens Guatemala ex-leader trial
The first witness in the trial of Guatemala's former U.S.-backed dictator testified Tuesday that soldiers razed his village in 1982, killing dozens ...
Testimony begins in trial of Rockefeller impostor
Testimony in the murder trial of a notorious Rockefeller impostor opened Tuesday with a witness telling how his excavation for a pool turned creepy ...
Witness breaks down in NYC stop-and-frisk trial
A nonprofit worker wept on the witness stand Tuesday as he described an unnerving episode of being handcuffed near his home while an officer took his ...
Zimbabweans vote in favor of new constitution
Zimbabwe's electoral body said Tuesday that 94.5 percent of voters cast a ballot in favor of a new constitution that calls for a strengthening of ...
Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda remains at US embassy
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda dined at lakeside restaurants in full view of foreign diplomats and United Nations peacekeepers for years and never ...
Zimbabwe rights lawyer to spend 3rd night in jail
Prominent Zimbabwean rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was set to spend a third night in jail Tuesday after a court adjourned a hearing on charges she ...
Top aide of Libya's Gadhafi arrested in Egypt
Egyptian security forces arrested a close aide of ousted Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday following a siege at his Cairo home, a security ...
Italy judge: Berlusconi trial won't be accelerated
A judge in Naples has denied prosecutors' request for an accelerated trial against former Premier Silvio Berlusconi on charges of corruption.
French fighter sent home after arrest in Mali
The Paris prosecutor's office says a Frenchman captured among extremist fighters in northern Mali has been brought to France and placed in custody.
Russia ends investigation of whistleblower's death
Russia's top investigative agency has closed its probe into the death in prison of a lawyer who exposed what he said was staggering official ...
Rockefeller impostor on trial for murder
A prosecutor told jurors Monday he will prove a cold-case murder allegation against a German immigrant who spent years moving through U.S.
Politicians strike deal over UK press regulation
British politicians struck a last-minute deal on press regulation Monday, unveiling new rules that aim to curb the worst abuses of the country's ...
2 inmates escape from Quebec prison in helicopter
Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison outside Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged ...
Ex-Guatemala strongman on trial after 30 years
There is no smoking gun in the case files, no direct order from Guatemala's then military dictator to carry out the slaughter of civilians during one ...
Turkish prosecutors seek life term in coup trial
Turkey's state-run news agency says prosecutors are seeking life prison terms for the nation's former army chief and dozens of other officers, ...
Judge orders mediation in Fast and Furious lawsuit
A federal judge has ordered mediation in a lawsuit over congressional efforts to get records related to Operation Fast and Furious, a bungled federal ...
Croatian man guilty in German match-fixing trial
A Croatian man has been convicted in a match-fixing trial in Germany and sentenced to 10 months in prison. Milan Sapina was found guilty of making ...
Zimbabwe police ignore order to free top lawyer
An independent Zimbabwean lawyers' group said Monday the continued detention of one of its top members, the country's most prominent human rights ...
2 West Ham fans arrested for alleged racism
Two West Ham fans have been arrested on suspicion of alleged racially aggravated public-order offenses during the team's Premier League match at ...
Indian police say 5 admit to raping Swiss tourist
Five men have been arrested and have confessed to raping a Swiss woman who was attacked in central India while on a cycling vacation with her husband, ...