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China moving to punish kidnappers
2024-08-04At a bicycle-parts factory in the go-go city of Shenzhen, a grim drama began this month when a group of men barged into a factory office and confronte...
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Japanese police have arrested a group of nine Chinese nationals for allegedly committing a series of robberies and thefts in eastern Japan, the Japane...
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Bush tells abortion foes, “We will prevai”
2024-08-04SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) —— President Bush told abortion opponents Monday that they are pursuing "a noble cause" and makin...
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By IAN AUSTENOTTAWA, Jan. 23 - The United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry e-mail...
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Amid Scandals, States Overhaul Lobbying Laws
2024-08-04By JOHN M. BRODERPublished: January 24, 2006Stung by their own scandals, lawmakers in many states have outpaced Washington in enacting new laws intend...
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Court Opens Campaign Law to Challenges
2024-08-04WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 - The Supreme Court, ruling on Monday in an important campaign finance case, opened the door to a new round of legal challenges to...
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Sony BMG's Copy-Protection Quagmire
2024-08-04Sony BMG is the world's second largest music company, responsible for approximately one-quarter of all album sales in the United States. Among the...
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Heroin Enters Prisons via Legal Loophole
2024-08-04(UK) Heroin is being smuggled into prisons across the region by inmates exploiting a simple loophole in the law.The class A drug has been brought in u...
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"We're Not Breaking Any Law"
2024-08-04(UK) WESTERN Isles council has hit back at claims that it is banning gay marriages, and says it is fully complying with legislation on civil partnersh...
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Manslaughter Law "Needs Tightening"
2024-08-04(UK) MPs have called for a tightening up of the proposed new offence of corporate manslaughter, to ensure justice for relatives of workers killed due ...