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Libya appeals ICC ruling on Gadhafi son case
Libya has appealed the International Criminal Court's order that a son and one-time heir apparent of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi be tried in The ...
Fallout mounts in deadly Philly building collapse
Attorneys in a lawsuit over the deadly building collapse in Philadelphia will be able to bring in experts to examine the site. A judge's order Friday ...
Woman in "bunga bunga" scandal loved Berlusconi
The former Italian dental hygienist charged with recruiting prostitutes to attend Silvio Berlusconi's infamous "bunga bunga" parties told a court ...
2 get death in Pakistan case tainted by class
Two young men received death sentences Friday over a fatal shooting that exposed class divisions in Pakistan and led to an unusual social media ...
Cause of deadly Philly collapse sought; suit filed
The search for victims of a building collapse that killed six people wound down Thursday, and the first civil lawsuit was filed amid mounting ...
Pa. girl gets on lung donor list; boy also sues
A dying Pennsylvania girl has been placed on the adult waiting list for donated lungs amid a court fight over the nation's transplant rules with help ...
Missouri man gets 20 years in triplet mom's death
A frustrated judge, begrudging prosecutors and chagrined family members all conceded Thursday that offering a plea deal to a southeast Missouri man ...
Germany: Apology in far-right murder trial
One of the five defendants in Germany's highest-profile neo-Nazi murder trial in decades has apologized to the victims' families. Holger Gerlach is ...
Widespread sex abuse reported at juvenile centers
The government says 1 in 10 youths at juvenile detention facilities around the country reported having been sexually victimized by staff or by other ...
2 suspected in Danish police data hacking
The Swedish founder of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is suspected along with a Dane of hacking into a company handling sensitive information ...
Bari, 33 people face match-fixing trial in Italy
It looks to be another Italian offseason marred by a match-fixing case after 33 people and Serie B club Bari were called to a sports trial before the ...
UK PM's former spin doctor denies phone hacking
British Prime Minister David Cameron's former spin doctor has formally denied charges of phone hacking and bribery. Andy Coulson entered pleas of not ...
Paris Jackson now in all-too-familiar spotlight
Michael Jackson's family is saying little about the hospitalization of his 15-year-old daughter while pleading for privacy and saying nothing about ...
Russia arrests suspect in foiled terror attacks
Russia's counter-terrorism agency says special forces arrested a man Thursday who is accused of planning a terrorist attack on Moscow that the agency ...
Arias lawyers take case to court of public opinion
Jodi Arias' attorneys have tried motions for mistrials, allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, appeals to higher courts, even efforts to quit the ...
3 days in, WikiLeaks trial comes into focus
Three days into Pfc. Bradley Manning's court-martial for giving thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, prosecutors have shown the soldier was ...
Egypt: Prominent activists charged over protest
Twelve of Egypt's best known bloggers and activists are headed for trial on charges of instigating violence during a March demonstration against the ...
Gitmo detainees claim genitals being searched
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees urged a federal judge Wednesday to stop what they describe as new "genital searches" for detainees who want to ...
Israel police arrest 3 in connection to gay deaths
Israeli police say they have arrested three suspects in connection to the killing of two people at a gay youth center in Tel Aviv four years ago.
London stabbing defendant: 'I'm a soldier'
One of the men accused of killing a British serviceman in broad daylight called himself a soldier during a rambling court appearance Wednesday.
Tunisia expels 3 Femen activists as others tried
Three members of a radical Ukrainian feminist group were expelled from Tunisia on suspicion they were planning a topless protest in front of the court ...