The Financial Services Authority has stepped in to close down a scheme that conned thousands of investors out of almost 70 million pounds
Sudan accused the International Criminal Court´s prosecutor of wrecking the peace process for Darfur on Wednesday during a visit to Khartoum by envoys from the U.N. Security Council.
The European Union imposed tariffs as high as 39.7 percent on a food-flavor enhancer from China to shield a French unit of Japan´s Ajinomoto Co. from cheaper imports, the latest sign of China´s threat to EU manufacturers.
AT&T customers who have seen mysterious charges for ringtones and other content show up on their cell-phone bills will be eligible for refunds as part of the settlement of a group of class-action lawsuits, a lawyer for the class said Monday.
Iran´s supreme leader said Tuesday that "no wise nation" would pursue nuclear weapons but his country will continue to develop its nuclear program for peaceful purposes.
Dr. William Courtney says he has prescribed marijuana to more than 2.000 patients in Mendocino County, California, taking advantage of a measure passed eight years ago to decriminalize pot and allow the possession of as many as 25 plants.
The European Union´s highest court upheld an EU law that makes maritime pollution a crime, increasing pressure on shipping companies to control waste and avoid spills and other accidents.
Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected an anti-immigrant initiative that would have made it harder for foreigners to gain citizenship, according to referendum results released Sunday.
An Iranian court has sentenced a man to one year in prison after police arrested him last year for collecting signatures in a Tehran park in support of women´s rights, his lawyer said Sunday. Twenty-two year-old student Amir Yaghoub-Ali was found guilty on May 25 of endangering national security and spreading propaganda.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal prosecutors have gone too far in their use of money laundering charges to combat drug traffickers and organized crime.
US federal authorities are prosecuting significantly more illegal immigrants than in past years, at least partly because of a 2005 zero-tolerance initiative allowing agents to charge almost all illegal immigrants with minor crimes, according to a report released May 22 by Syracuse University´s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
The age at which children can be legally given alcohol by their parents could be raised as part of plans to tackle binge-drinking among teenagers. Under a little-used law dating from 1933, adults can currently give drink to children as young as five in the home. Even younger children can be given alcohol "under medical supervision in an emergency".
Sky-high fuel and food prices crashed the party when finance ministers flocked to Frankfurt to celebrate the inflation-fighting European Central Bank´s 10th birthday on Monday, a milestone in Europe´s monetary union.
More than 100 nations formally agreed on Friday to ban the use of cluster bombs but debate continued on loopholes that could benefit powers such as the United States, which has refused to take part in talks on a ban.
South Korea said on Monday it had decided to delay publishing rules making it easier to import U.S. beef, the final step ahead of a full resumption of American beef imports for the first time in more than four years.
Newmont Mining Corp. and Indonesia begin arbitration in December to settle a dispute over the government´s demand that the U.S. company sell part of a copper mine to local investors or lose its operating contract.
UN nuclear inspectors will visit Syria this month to investigate allegations that the country was building a nuclear reactor at a site attacked by Israel last September, officials said.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will offer concessions on plans to detain terrorist suspects without trial, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said, the latest effort to stave off a rebellion in Parliament.
Sanofi-Aventis SA, France´s largest drugmaker, is being investigated by European Union antitrust regulators for allegedly failing to cooperate with an ongoing probe into drug pricing.
Barclays Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc were raided by the U.K. antitrust regulator as part of an investigation into the price of loans to professional services firms.
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