Mitterrand wiretap scandal trial opens
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One of the darkest chapters of late French President Francois Mitterrand&#39;s rule finally made it to court on Monday as 12 men went on trial for a 1980s wiretap scandal reminiscent of the United States&#39; Watergate coverup.
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The trial of a neo-Nazi accused of plotting a bomb attack on a Jewish cultural centre is to start in Munich.
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Prosecutors unveil the first forensic evidence in the murder trial of Linux-coder Hans Reiser.
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Embattled French bank Societe Generale faces fresh troubles Monday when a trial opens in Paris involving a vast money laundering scam between France and Israel.
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Bereaved families came face to face with 29 people charged with involvement in the deadliest al Qaeda-related attack in Europe when the Madrid train bombings trial opened on Thursday.
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A French Muslim convert suspected of plotting to attack an Australian nuclear power station went on trial on terrorism charges in a Paris court on Wednesday.
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A trial into Europe's worst terrorist attack in 15 years opens Thursday amid airtight security, with 29 suspects facing charges in a brutal March 2004 attack that killed 191 rush-hour commuters.Comment
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PARIS Twelve former government officials and senior police officers went on trial in Paris on Monday, charged with running a phone-tapping operation that was used decades ago by FranÃ§ois Mitterrand to keep tabs on the late president&#39;s personal enemies.
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The corruption trial of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma begins in Pietermaritzburg.
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The Miami trial of seven men accused of plotting to blow up U.S. government and commercial buildings opened on Tuesday with the removal of a waist-high curtain designed to hide the suspected terrorists' leg shackles.
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A French Muslim convert suspected of  plotting to attack an Australian nuclear power station went on  trial on terrorism charges in a Paris court on Wednesday.
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A new trial on corruption charges against former Premier Silvio Berlusconi opened Tuesday, just as the opposition leader is seeking to capitalize on weaknesses in the governing coalition to get back into power.Comment
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The first criminal trial to emerge from Enron Corp.&#39;s spectacular scandal &quot;is a case about cheating and lying&quot; with Wall Street&#39;s help, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Twenty years after the event, 12 men appeared in court yesterday accused of running an illegal eavesdropping operation for FranÃ§ois Mitterrand - supposedly aimed at combating terrorism, but in fact seeking to preserve some of the late French president&#39;s
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An ex-Paris district mayor is among 15 people on trial for alleged vote-rigging when President Jacques Chirac was mayor.
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A trial into Spain's worst terrorist attack opened Thursday amid heightened security, with 29 suspects facing charges for the brutal 2004 bombings that killed 191 rush-hour commuters.Comment
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A Briton accused of attempting to smuggle anti-aircraft missiles into the US goes on trial.