http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1656-legal-proceedings.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1656-legal-proceedings.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102526-trial-captain-deadly-shipwreck-italy.html ROME (AP) — An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed-door hearing Wednesday in the town of Grosseto, agreed to prosecutors' request that Capt. Francesco Schettino of Italy be tried ... Wed, 22 May 2013 19:08:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102526-trial-captain-deadly-shipwreck-italy.html 2013-05-22T19:08:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102424-irishman-charged-with-1982-ira-hyde-park-bombing.html DUBLIN (AP) — British prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old Irishman with the 1982 IRA attack on the queen's cavalry in Hyde Park, a nail-bombing at a top London tourist attraction that left four soldiers and seven horses dead. Wednesday's surprise arraignment of John Downey in a London court came on the 15th anniversary of the ratification of the Good F... Wed, 22 May 2013 19:04:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102424-irishman-charged-with-1982-ira-hyde-park-bombing.html 2013-05-22T19:04:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102748-russian-drunk-driver-who-killed-orphans-sentenced.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian drunken driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison. Moscow's Nikulinsky court ordered Alexander Maximov to serve eight and a half years Wednesday. Maximov scandalized Russia last fall when he crashed his Toyota sedan into a bu... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102748-russian-drunk-driver-who-killed-orphans-sentenced.html 2013-05-22T16:21:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2102964-nyc-woman-probation-stalking-actress.html NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City woman has been sentenced to probation for stalking French actress Marion Cotillard on the Internet. Teresa Yuan was sentenced Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. She pleaded guilty last year. Prosecutors said Yuan sent 504 emails and 120 webcam videos of herself to a Cotillard fan website in 2011. The 32-year-old Yuan is bei... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:34:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2102964-nyc-woman-probation-stalking-actress.html 2013-05-22T15:34:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2102752-turkey-4-sentenced-fake-liquor-deaths.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says a Turkish court has sentenced four people to 83 years in prison each for the deaths of five Russians from bootleg alcohol poisoning. The Russians died in 2011 after consuming bootleg liquor during a yacht tour in the Aegean Sea. They were in Turkey training to be tour guides. The Anadolu Agency sai... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2102752-turkey-4-sentenced-fake-liquor-deaths.html 2013-05-22T14:00:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102418-pussy-riot-member-declares-hunger-strike-prison.html BEREZNIKI, Russia (AP) — An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where she was seeking release on parole. Maria Alekhina, watching the trial from a prison colony via video link, ordered her defense not to participate in the hearing Wednesday, saying th... Wed, 22 May 2013 10:46:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102418-pussy-riot-member-declares-hunger-strike-prison.html 2013-05-22T10:46:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100078-deal-bin-laden-evidence-wikileaks-case.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden. Prosecutors also agreed to accept Pfc. Bradley Manning's guilty plea to a lesser version of one ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:49:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100078-deal-bin-laden-evidence-wikileaks-case.html 2013-05-21T21:49:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2099986-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html NANTERRE, France (AP) — The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the public about the product's safety. But after years of delays in one of France's biggest recent health scandals, the proceedings could still be pushed back further. Between 1976 and 2009, ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2099986-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html 2013-05-21T17:37:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099830-safrican-court-acquits-brother-oscar-pistorius.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One Pistorius brother is free of charges — acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend. Carl Pistorius cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitt... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099830-safrican-court-acquits-brother-oscar-pistorius.html 2013-05-21T16:57:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099458-myanmar-muslims-jailed-killing-buddhist-monk.html MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country's Buddhist majority. As the country tries to rebu... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:43:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099458-myanmar-muslims-jailed-killing-buddhist-monk.html 2013-05-21T12:43:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099240-guatemala-top-court-overturns-genocide-conviction.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings. The ruling late Monday threw into disarray a process that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first guilty verdic... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:06:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099240-guatemala-top-court-overturns-genocide-conviction.html 2013-05-21T06:06:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2098542-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil spewing in 2010 from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. Defense attorney Reid Weingarten called it a huge victory for David Rainey, who was BP's vi... Tue, 21 May 2013 01:03:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2098542-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html 2013-05-21T01:03:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097264-court-decision-pending-nypd-stop-and-frisk-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge must now decide whether the nation's largest police force has been unjustly stopping black and Hispanic men under a polarizing tactic known as stop, question and frisk, and whether changes are needed to department policy, training and supervision. During a 10-week civil rights trial that ended Monday, U.S. District Court Ju... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:45:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097264-court-decision-pending-nypd-stop-and-frisk-case.html 2013-05-21T00:45:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097374-arias-attorneys-will-witness-on-arias.html PHOENIX (AP) — Complaining that Jodi Arias' sensational murder case has become a modern-day "witch trial," her lawyers tried to quit in the middle of the death-penalty phase Monday, then said they will call only one witness: Arias. When Arias addresses the jury on Tuesday, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097374-arias-attorneys-will-witness-on-arias.html 2013-05-20T21:40:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097280-pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army. Nawaz Sharif said "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to ... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097280-pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks.html 2013-05-20T19:11:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2097884-retired-anglican-priest-jailed-sex-abuse.html LONDON (AP) — A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years Monday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the 1960s and 1970s. Prosecutors said Gordon Rideout, 74, abused his position of trust and assaulted children he met over the years. A jury found him guilty of 34 counts of indecent assault and two c... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:27:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2097884-retired-anglican-priest-jailed-sex-abuse.html 2013-05-20T16:27:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2098110-romania-3-sentenced-corrupt-real-estate-deal.html BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's top court has sentenced the owner of Steaua football club, the former chief of staff of the armed forces and a former defense minister to two years in prison each for abusing their positions and bribery in a real estate deal. The court sentenced Gigi Becali, Steaua's owner and also a former MEP, on Monday for abetting p... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2098110-romania-3-sentenced-corrupt-real-estate-deal.html 2013-05-20T16:16:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2096316-ap-ceo-calls-records-seizure-unconstitutional.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Gary Pruitt, in his first television interviews since it was revealed ... Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2096316-ap-ceo-calls-records-seizure-unconstitutional.html 2013-05-19T20:47:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094702-egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges.html CAIRO (AP) — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of th... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094702-egyptians-targeted-with-blasphemy-charges.html 2013-05-18T13:34:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2093900-prosecutors-time-to-indict-boston-suspect.html BOSTON (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say they'll ask for more time to indict Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Prosecutors said Friday they will not indict Tsranaev within the 30-day period prescribed the Federal Speedy Trial Act. Sunday marks 30 days since the ethnic Chechen from Russia was arrested following the April 15 bombing that killed t... Fri, 17 May 2013 23:19:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2093900-prosecutors-time-to-indict-boston-suspect.html 2013-05-17T23:19:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87. Federal Prison Serv... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html 2013-05-17T20:40:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092856-woman-describes-berlusconis-bunga-bunga-parties.html MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the sca... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092856-woman-describes-berlusconis-bunga-bunga-parties.html 2013-05-17T18:37:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092556-man-us-quiet-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbekistan national pleaded not guilty and said little during his first court appearance Friday on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested Thursday. Prosecutors have said little about the d... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:07:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092556-man-us-quiet-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html 2013-05-17T17:07:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093118-2-danes-sentenced-stealing-wwii-documents.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two Danish men have been sentenced to prison after confessing to stealing World War II documents from Denmark's national archives. The Copenhagen City Court on Friday gave sentences of two years to one man and 21 months to the other for stealing 1,045 documents between 2009 and their arrests in late 2012. The men told the court ... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:56:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093118-2-danes-sentenced-stealing-wwii-documents.html 2013-05-17T14:56:02Z