Playboy Indonesia´s former editor was released from prison Friday after the country´s top court overturned his indecency conviction for publishing pictures of scantily clad women.
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has threatened to sue the Australian government over its plan to introduce plain, brandless packing for cigarettes.
Reports that a Jewish rabbinical court in Israel condemned a stray dog to death by stoning have been strongly denied.
LensCrafters, the largest optical chain in the country, has settled a lawsuit accusing the company of allowing a male employee to be sexually harassed by a female co-worker.
Most of the time, banks robbers are after one thing — money. But North Carolina man James Verone said he robbed a bank of $1 to get free health care in jail.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been re-elected to serve a second five-year term, in a vote at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Nick Clegg has said the UK should aim to double the value of exports to Brazil as he seeks to develop trade links on a visit to the country.
Bonsucro™ today announced that the world´s first impact based Standard has been used to certify the sustainable production of sugarcane.
A fugitive who allegedly sexually assaulted two boys in Florida – and eventually became one of the country´s most wanted sex offenders – was captured in Brazil on Tuesday, authorities said.
British fashion designer John Galliano is set to stand trial on charges that he hurled anti-Semitic slurs at customers in a Paris cafe.
Convicted child-killer Mario Alessi has told an Italian courtroom he has evidence that could clear Amanda Knox of killing 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher.
Sydney magistrate Brian Vincent Maloney has argued his case to be spared the sack, telling NSW MPs he stood before them to be judged "as a man and one who holds judicial office".
Two men charged with plotting to rob and assault British soul singer Joss Stone had a samurai sword in their car when they were arrested, a lawyer said Thursday.
Two young hackers were convicted in Germany yesterday of stealing new songs from stars such as Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey and offering them for sale on the internet, a court said.
For the second time this year, a German university has withdrawn a Ph.D awarded to a politician.
Access to food is crucial for the world´s poorest people. Leadership on this issue has never been more urgently needed.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a ruling that will mean new limits on nationwide class-action suits, ruled that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can´t be sued for discrimination on behalf of potentially a million female workers.
Japan´s parliament enacted the basic legislation for postdisaster reconstruction on Monday, 102 days after the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan on March 11.
When citizens of the small Mediterranean nation of Malta voted in a referendum last month to legalize divorce, they reignited debate in the Philippines, one of the last countries, along with Vatican City, where divorce is still banned.
Even before a loosely organized group of hackers broke into the CIA´s and Senate´s public websites, the White House asked for stiffer sentences for breaking into government and private computer networks.
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