Chinese slave labour trial begins
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A trial has begun of 12 people accused of involvement in a slave labour scandal in northern China.
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&quot;Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!&quot; go  the stirring words that open China&#39;s national anthem.
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The first criminal trial to involve former staff of disgraced energy firm Enron is under way in Texas, with two Enron staff and four bankers in the dock.
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A former forklift driver accused of murdering five prostitutes in the east of England has arrived in court Monday for the start of his trial.
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The man, Heng Tinghan, is accused of holding workers in virtual slavery in a kiln in the northern province of Shanxi and the police rescued 31 workers.
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The trial of seven Pitcairn Island men,  descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers, began  Wednesday with the mayor the first to face charges of rape and  underage sex, pool reports said.
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The trial is to begin shortly of three  Americans accused of torture and  hostage-taking in Afghanistan.
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The trial of Emilio Botin - accused  of misusing Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano's funds - begins in Madrid.
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- The US military formally opened its first trial of an accused Al Qaeda collaborator yesterday, alleging that the onetime personal chauffeur for Osama bin Laden allegedly helped him ferry weapons and flee after the 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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The trial of eight South Africans accused of plotting a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea is due to open in Malabo with claims of torture and denial of due process casting doubt over the proceedings.
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The trial of a man who is accused of murdering five women in Suffolk during a 10-day period in 2006 is due to begin.
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afrol News, 23 August - The trial against 14 foreigners, allegedly plotting a &quot;mercenary invasion to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema,&quot; started today in Equatorial Guinea&#39;s capital Malabo.
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The trial of 21 medical workers allegedly linked to an HIV outbreak is under way in Kazakhstan.
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Two Australians who attempted to import $200 million worth of the drug ecstasy will go on trial in Sydney&#39;s Central Criminal Court Monday.
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Five people, three of them ethnic Chinese, appeared in court charged in connection with the drowning deaths of at least 21 Chinese migrant workers in northwest England, last February.
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The first trial stemming from the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt was set to begin Monday in federal court, more than 1 1/2 years after 19 illegal immigrants died in a packed, sweltering trailer on a Texas highway.
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Jurors began deliberations Saturday in the trial of a Long Island electrician accused of brutally killing his lover's estranged, millionaire husband.