A South African judge has ruled Friday that the prosecution against African National Congress President Jacob Zuma was invalid, clearing the way for him to contest the presidential election early next year.
Tainted baby formula has sickened at least 50 Chinese infants, resulting in one death and prompting a nationwide investigation, according to China´s state-run news agency.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Maoist-led Nepalese government to ´vigorously´ investigate and prosecute those responsible for the grave human rights violations allegedly committed during the country´s civil war.
One of the state´s largest health care insurers has reached a $25 million agreement with regulators, an effort to right the wrong of dropping coverage for nearly a thousand patients when they tried to make use of their policies.
Venezuela´s President Hugo Chavez has given the US ambassador 72 hours to leave the country.
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Government officials in charge of collecting billions of dollars worth of royalties from oil and gas companies accepted gifts, steered contracts to favored clients and engaged in drug use and illicit sex with employees of the energy firms, federal investigators reported Wednesday.
A Fulton County Superior Court judge granted summary judgment for the state of Georgia in a suit alleging that the state´s electronic voting system is unconstitutional and illegally vulnerable to fraud.
A group of American citizens from Texas´ Rio Grande Valley filed suit against the US Department of State (DOS) Tuesday, alleging they had been denied passports because they are of Mexican descent and were delivered by midwives.
Walgreen Co. (WAG) has sued to strike down San Francisco´s ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at pharmacies in the city.
Shares in a US airline fell sharply after a six-year-old story about the company filing for bankruptcy protection was accidentally circulated by a news website.
Coca-Cola plans to seek approval under China´s antitrust law for its $2.5 billion bid for top domestic juice maker Huiyuan, the final obstacle to what would be the largest foreign takeover of a local firm.
Another $400 million is needed by the federal government to complete the 670-mile border fence project. Only 50 percent of the project has been completed.
South Korean prosecutors asked for a seven-year prison term for Lee Kun Hee, the former chairman of Samsung Group, in an appeal trial for tax evasion and breach of fiduciary duty.
Chubu Electric Power Co., Japan´s third-largest utility, will file a suit against Hitachi Ltd. after failing to agree on compensation for fuel costs after a faulty turbine forced the utility to shut a nuclear reactor.
The U.K. financial markets regulator was accused today by the Equitable Members Action Group of “betraying” policyholders of Equitable Life Assurance Society, the British insurer that almost collapsed eight years ago.
Altria, the U.S. leader in cigarettes, wants to be nº.1 in smokeless products, too. The owner of the nation´s biggest cigarette seller said yesterday that it will buy UST, the maker of Skoal and Copenhagen, in a $10.4 billion deal that is part of the wider consolidation of the global tobacco industry.
The Association of National Advertisers said Monday its board has complained to the U.S. Department of Justice over a planned search advertising partnership between Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
A U.S.-Indian civil nuclear cooperation accord, one of President Bush´s top foreign policy initiatives, may finally have run out of time this year despite a crucial international endorsement secured during the weekend.
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