French truck drivers staged go-slow operations on highways, rail strikes intensified and petrol stations ran out of fuel on Monday as protests gathered pace ahead of a Senate vote on an unpopular pension overhaul.
A British judge refused to dismiss a plagiarism lawsuit against "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling yesterday, saying claims the best-selling author stole ideas from an obscure fantasy book deserved to be considered at a proper hearing.
Sean Connery declined to appear in a Spanish court Friday as requested by a judge investigating an allegedly shady real estate deal involving property the actor used to own.
Senior executives at Dell and their defense attorneys today defended the $100 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for improper accounting and disclosure violations, telling a federal judge in Washington that the deal was in the best interest of the company and its shareholders.
The fiancee and friends of an unarmed man killed in a 50-bullet police shooting on his wedding day said they wanted justice. The legal system gave them money — more than $7 million.
Jocelyn Edwards wants the chance to start a family in memory of the husband she loved and lost one day before the couple signed IVF consent forms.
A federal judge in Florida on Thursday rejected a motion by the government to dismiss some counts of a multistate challenge to the sweeping health care reform signed into law by President Barack Obama earlier this year.
Irkutsk Regional Court on Thursday ordered a retrial in the case of a local election official´s daughter who was convicted of killing a pedestrian in a traffic accident in December but had her sentence postponed for 14 years.
Tokyo´s oldest Buddhist temple lost a lawsuit arguing that the city government shouldn´t have approved construction of a skyscraper by Mitsubishi Estate Co.
Among the four-character idioms that all Japanese schoolchildren must learn is kan son min pi ("respect officials, despise the people").
Household products giant Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to pay a £10.2m fine after admitting to abusing its market position for the supply of heartburn drug Gaviscon.
Bonds issued by Tam SA, Brazil´s second-biggest airline, are lagging behind a debt rally as traders pare bets that Chile´s Lan Airlines SA will guarantee the company´s liabilities.
Grown men wept and a Marine sergeant recalled being blown off his feet as they testified yesterday in New York about the bombing of two United States embassies.
Gay rights advocates are cheering Tuesday´s decision by a federal judge in conservative Riverside, California, to order an immediate end to the military´s discrimination against gay service men and women.
The 10 suspects accused in anti-gay attacks on four men in the Bronx are due in court.
Cerberus Capital Management LP, whose investment in Chrysler LLC’s car business evaporated in bankruptcy, may post a profit on its $106 million initial public offering of auto-parts maker Tower International Inc.
Burger King Holdings Inc said it did not get any superior buyout offers during the "go-shop" period following its agreement to sell itself to investment firm 3G Capital for $3.26 billion.
Pro-choice advocates have welcomed the acquittal of a Cairns couple charged over a home abortion and have called on the Queensland government to reform the law.
Swiss bank UBS said Thursday that it will not take legal action against former executives and board members for the huge losses suffered during the U.S. subprime crisis that forced a bailout of the company.
They are divided on whether the ruling lifting the ban on gay troops applies to all service members. The Justice Department is expected to appeal.
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