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Prosecutor seeks trial for Costa cruise ship capt
Italian prosecutors on Monday officially requested an indictment of the Costa Concordia's captain on manslaughter charges in the shipwreck of the ...
FBI to release records on Withers' informer work
The FBI will release records about civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers' work as an informant for the FBI, to settle a Tennessee newspaper's ...
Spanish king's son-in-law makes court appearance
Protesters jeered the Spanish king's son-in-law before he was questioned Saturday by a judge about allegations he and a partner funneled away millions ...
Ex-Legion priest says he saw fiscal improprieties
A former priest for the disgraced Roman Catholic religious order the Legion of Christ said in sworn testimony that he witnessed financial ...
Justice Dept joins suit against Lance Armstrong
The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion ...
Irish nanny accused of US baby beating in court
A lawyer for an Irish nanny charged with beating an infant who later died won a request Friday to preserve evidence in the case, including the baby's ...
US man fights extradition over UK poison case
A U.S. man is fighting extradition to Scotland, where he is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly poisoning a fellow college student's wine.
Haiti's 'Baby Doc' summoned to court after no-show
A Haitian judge on Thursday summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to ...
3 British men convicted in terrorist bomb plot
They were very ordinary would-be terrorists, with big plans but bad luck. On Thursday, a London jury convicted the three young British men of being ...
Judge grants access to secret Guantanamo camp
The judge presiding over the Sept. 11 war crimes tribunal is allowing defense lawyers their first chance to see the secret section of the Guantanamo ...
Hariri slaying trial postponed at UN-backed court
The start of the landmark trial in absentia of four Hezbollah fighters charged in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was ...
Falsely accused UK man to drop some Twitter suits
A British politician wrongly accused of child sex abuse has dropped his threat to sue people who named him on Twitter — as long as they have fewer ...
Hezbollah member denies preparing Cyprus attack
A man on trial for allegedly plotting attacks on Israelis in Cyprus described himself Thursday as a loyal Hezbollah member doing its bidding in ...
2 spy agency staff convicted of leaking secrets
A Dutch appeals court has convicted two former intelligence agency staff of leaking state secrets to a journalist about security measures for a visit ...
NY's Cardinal Dolan questioned on abuse cases
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been formally questioned about clergy sex abuse in his former Archdiocese of Milwaukee, just days ahead of his ...
Zimbabwe prisons to review death sentences
Zimbabwe prison officials said Wednesday that they are not in a hurry to engage the services of a newly-appointed hangman to execute the 77 inmates ...
German court rejects freedom of information suit
A German court says a journalist can't use press freedom legislation to demand information from the country's foreign intelligence service — a ruling ...
Laurent Gbagbo defense says he is a scapegoat
A lawyer for former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo told International Criminal Court judges Wednesday that prosecutors are making him a ...
Jury dismissed for wife of disgraced UK minister
A British jury was dismissed Wednesday after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of Vicky Pryce, the ex-wife of a former U.K. cabinet minister who ...
Greek man accused of stealing Dali work in NYC
A Greek man proved inept at the art of thievery by swiping a Salvador Dali painting from a New York City gallery as security cameras rolled and, in ...