http://www.mail.com/subjects/16688-judicial-elections.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/16688-judicial-elections.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2126290-icc-judges-delay-confirming-gbagbo-charges.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges delayed a decision Monday on whether to put former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on trial for alleged involvement in deadly post-election violence, telling prosecutors to beef up their case. The ruling in the case of the first former head of state taken into custody by the court was ... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:50:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2126290-icc-judges-delay-confirming-gbagbo-charges.html 2013-06-03T17:50:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2121268-zimbabwe-court-orders-national-polls-july-31.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's highest court on Friday ordered President Robert Mugabe to hold elections by the end of July, chiding the longtime leader for what it said was a "violation of his duties" in not proclaiming a date for the vote earlier. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku said the election date should be linked to the automatic dissolution ... Fri, 31 May 2013 17:08:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2121268-zimbabwe-court-orders-national-polls-july-31.html 2013-05-31T17:08:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112918-african-leaders-urge-icc-to-transfer-charges.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders on Monday asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Kenyan legal system. The African Union summit, which ended Monday in Addis Ababa, agreed to press the United Nations to move the charges against Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, to Kenya. Af... Mon, 27 May 2013 19:14:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112918-african-leaders-urge-icc-to-transfer-charges.html 2013-05-27T19:14:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102266-broke-laws-irs-official-then-takes-5th.html WASHINGTON (AP) — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself. In one of the most elec... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:25:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102266-broke-laws-irs-official-then-takes-5th.html 2013-05-22T23:25:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058050-pakistans-lead-prosecutor-bhutto-case-killed.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen on Friday killed the lead Pakistani prosecutor in two high-profile cases — the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the brutal assault on civilians in Mumbai — shocking a country reeling from Taliban attacks as it prepares for nationwide elections. Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali was gunned down in a hail of bullets as ... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:48:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058050-pakistans-lead-prosecutor-bhutto-case-killed.html 2013-05-03T16:48:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055776-venezuela-tensions-high-congressional-brawl.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Tens of thousands of Venezuelans filled the streets of the capital Wednesday in rival marches by the opposition and the government less than a day after a brawl on the floor of congress injured several opposition lawmakers. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles walked in a crowd of supporters through upscale neighborhoods in the... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:20:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055776-venezuela-tensions-high-congressional-brawl.html 2013-05-01T21:20:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2030414-sheriff-storage-unit-led-to-arrests-da-deaths.html KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — A tip pointing to a cache of guns and a vehicle hidden at a storage unit helped investigators to unravel a meticulous revenge plot that had culminated in the killings of three people, including two North Texas prosecutors, a sheriff said. Former justice of the peace, Eric Lyle Williams, and his wife, Kim Williams, are charged with ca... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:44:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2030414-sheriff-storage-unit-led-to-arrests-da-deaths.html 2013-04-19T14:44:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019178-man-jailed-slain-da-investigation-continues.html KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Authorities investigating the deaths of a North Texas district attorney and his wife appear to have narrowed their focus on a former justice of the peace prosecuted last year by the official for theft. Eric Lyle Williams, 46, was arrested Saturday on a charge of making a terroristic threat and is being held in the Kaufman County Jail... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:03:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019178-man-jailed-slain-da-investigation-continues.html 2013-04-14T22:03:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015462-egypt-leader-military-chief-tension.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president made a strong show of unity with the military, standing by the country's top general and warning in a statement broadcast Friday against "slandering" the armed forces after leaks from a report that the president himself commissioned implicated troops in the killing of protesters. The findings of the report — if conf... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015462-egypt-leader-military-chief-tension.html 2013-04-12T20:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007944-russia-to-file-case-vote-monitoring-group.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Justice Ministry says it is filing a legal case against the country's only independent elections monitoring group for allegedly failing to register as a foreign agent. Under a law passed last year, any non-governmental organization that receives foreign funding and is deemed to be involved in political activities must register as a ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:07:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007944-russia-to-file-case-vote-monitoring-group.html 2013-04-09T14:07:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004752-30-pakistani-soldiers-killed-northwest-valley.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Four days of fierce fighting in northwestern Pakistan left 30 soldiers and nearly 100 militants dead as the army attempted to wrestle control of a remote, mountainous valley from the Taliban and their allies, military officials said Monday. The army launched its offensive in the Tirah Valley on Friday after weeks of fighting betw... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004752-30-pakistani-soldiers-killed-northwest-valley.html 2013-04-08T18:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000838-candidates-pakistan-vote-face-oddball-questions.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aslam Khan Khattak passed his first — and perhaps most curious — test this week in his quest to become a member of Pakistan's parliament: He correctly named the first person to walk on the moon. The question was posed to Khattak by Pakistani judges, who have provoked both laughter and criticism in recent days in their vetting of potential... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:57:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000838-candidates-pakistan-vote-face-oddball-questions.html 2013-04-05T17:57:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995544-zimbabwe-groups-election-intimidation-building.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Elections in Zimbabwe are still months away, but already President Robert Mugabe's party is intimidating its opponents and threatening violence, human rights and pro-democracy groups say. Witnesses say Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has begun deploying youth militia groups in some of its strongholds. A young mother in the Harare township o... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:45:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995544-zimbabwe-groups-election-intimidation-building.html 2013-04-03T17:45:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988244-kenyan-supreme-court-upholds-election-result.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president and the loser accepted that verdict, ending an election season that riveted the nation with fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence. Jubilant Kenyatta supporters flooded the streets of downtown Nairobi, honking horns... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:38:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988244-kenyan-supreme-court-upholds-election-result.html 2013-03-30T19:38:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986738-anxiety-ahead-supreme-court-judgment-kenya.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is on edge awaiting the Supreme Court decision Saturday on whether it will uphold or invalidate the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president, a potential flashpoint for unrest. Kenyatta won by a hair in the March 4 election, with 50.07 percent of the vote, breaking the 50 percent mark by about 8,000 votes out of 12.3 million cas... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:37:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986738-anxiety-ahead-supreme-court-judgment-kenya.html 2013-03-29T18:37:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984364-kenya-vote-commission-cites-bush-v-gore-defense.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A lawyer for Kenya's election commission cited the U.S. Supreme Court case Bush vs. Gore on Thursday during arguments before a Kenya Supreme Court that must now rule on the outcome of this East African country's presidential election. Ahmednasir Abdullahi told Kenya's highest court Thursday it should adhere to judicial restraint and ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:05:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984364-kenya-vote-commission-cites-bush-v-gore-defense.html 2013-03-28T17:05:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981878-egypt-court-challenges-morsi-top-prosecutor.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian appeals court on Wednesday annulled a presidential decree appointing the top prosecutor in a new challenge by the judiciary to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi that throws the country's legal system into confusion. The unprecedented verdict against the decree, which Morsi issued in November, brought to the surface how Egypt's sto... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:18:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981878-egypt-court-challenges-morsi-top-prosecutor.html 2013-03-27T20:18:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977580-zimbabwe-court-frees-rights-lawyer.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's top rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, released by a court after eight days in jail for allegedly obstructing justice, said Monday her arrest was a ploy to intimidate human rights activists and pro-democracy groups ahead of upcoming elections expected in July. A visibly tired Beatrice Mtetwa walked from the High Court in Ha... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:35:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977580-zimbabwe-court-frees-rights-lawyer.html 2013-03-25T17:35:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976124-musharraf-returns-to-pakistan-intent-comeback.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Former President Pervez Musharraf returned home Sunday hoping to make a political comeback despite Taliban death threats and looming arrest warrants. But judging by the lackluster crowd at the airport to greet him, his biggest challenge could be his waning popularity. His return comes as Pakistan is poised to transition from one d... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:49:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976124-musharraf-returns-to-pakistan-intent-comeback.html 2013-03-24T17:49:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1964554-bush-lawyer-fighting-kenyan-election-case.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A former lawyer for President George W. Bush now representing the Kenyan prime minister in his battle to persuade the Supreme Court to order a new presidential election said he doesn't think Kenya's election commission is impartial. William Burck said Kenya's election commission, known as the IEBC, failed in its duty to ensure that t... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:52:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1964554-bush-lawyer-fighting-kenyan-election-case.html 2013-03-19T14:52:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955988-top-nepal-judge-head-interim-government.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's chief judge was named head of an interim government in an attempt by the Himalayan country's main political parties to cure the paralysis and infighting that have blocked elections for months. Supreme Court Chief Justice Khilraj Regmi was sworn in Thursday by President Ram Baran Yadav, and his choices of former bureaucrats M... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955988-top-nepal-judge-head-interim-government.html 2013-03-15T00:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954426-ex-prosecutor-intl-court-cases-changed-kenya.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor said Thursday that cases he launched prosecuting violence after Kenya's 2007 elections were game-changers that helped prevent a repeat of the deadly rampages following this month's vote. In his first interview about Kenya since leaving office last year, Luis Moreno-Ocam... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:41:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954426-ex-prosecutor-intl-court-cases-changed-kenya.html 2013-03-14T15:41:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950854-egypt-morsis-government-appeals-vote-suspension.html CAIRO (AP) — A government legal agency representing Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi appealed on Wednesday the court-ordered suspension of a controversial parliamentary election, a judicial official said. But Morsi's office, which had earlier indicated that it would not appeal, immediately distanced itself from the move. An official said that the... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:08:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950854-egypt-morsis-government-appeals-vote-suspension.html 2013-03-13T16:08:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948526-election-dispute-big-test-kenyas-top-judge.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Confidence was so low in Kenya's courts after its 2007 election that people preferred to settle their disputes with machetes and bows and arrows. After this year's disputed presidential vote, there has been no violence, in part because of the faith the country has in its highest-ranking judge. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga will soon pr... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:55:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948526-election-dispute-big-test-kenyas-top-judge.html 2013-03-12T15:55:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945912-berlusconi-lawyers-seek-to-delay-sex-for-hire-case.html MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's judicial woes weighed on Italy's political future on Monday as prosecutors requested an accelerated trial of the former premier on corruption charges and judges in his sex-for-hire trial ordered a medical visit to certify his ailments. The judicial jockeying comes at a politically sensitive time for Italy, as it seeks to f... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:57:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945912-berlusconi-lawyers-seek-to-delay-sex-for-hire-case.html 2013-03-11T19:57:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942580-cardinal-turkson-africas-best-hope-pope.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Often cast as the social conscience of the church, Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is viewed by many as the top African contender for pope. The 64-year-old head of the Vatican's peace and justice office was widely credited with helping to avert violence following contested Ghanaian elections. He has aggressively fought African poverty, ... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:21:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942580-cardinal-turkson-africas-best-hope-pope.html 2013-03-09T10:21:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934938-nepals-answer-to-deadlock-making-chief-judge-pm.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's quiet, barely known chief justice is on the verge of taking almost total control of the Himalayan nation, becoming the interim head of government as well as the top judge in a country that has been without a legislature for months. It seems to be the only thing the country's furiously feuding politicians can agree on, even t... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:53:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934938-nepals-answer-to-deadlock-making-chief-judge-pm.html 2013-03-07T00:53:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924838-kenyas-police-key-peaceful-vote-monday.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One of Kenya's most vilified institutions — its police force — will be in the spotlight next week during its efforts to prevent the same type of post-election bloodbath that Kenya suffered during its last presidential election. Kenya on Monday holds its first presidential vote since the 2007 election devolved into tribal violence tha... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:14:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924838-kenyas-police-key-peaceful-vote-monday.html 2013-03-01T18:14:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1919166-threats-violence-kenyan-slums-color-election.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Dozens of shack homes have been burned to the ground in recent weeks in Mathare, Nairobi's most dangerous slum. Families are moving into zones controlled by their own clans, fearful of attacks between the tribes of Kenya's top two presidential candidates. Kenya on Monday holds its first presidential election since the 2007 vote devol... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1919166-threats-violence-kenyan-slums-color-election.html 2013-02-27T18:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907602-egypt-opposition-election-will-add-to-tensions.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president set parliamentary elections to begin in April — a decision that an opposition leader denounced Friday as "a recipe for disaster" because of the ongoing political turmoil in the country. About 15,000 people took to the streets in the Suez Canal city of Port Said to demonstrate against President Mohammed Morsi, hanging effigie... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:23:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907602-egypt-opposition-election-will-add-to-tensions.html 2013-02-22T20:23:17Z