Corruption trial for Alaska pol begins
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A former state lawmaker was a willing puppet of officials for an oil field services company that stood to be enriched if a natural gas pipeline was built, a federal prosecutor said Monday.
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Three Americans and four of their Afghan helpers are scheduled to go on trial Monday for the alleged kidnapping of at least eight Afghans in Afghanistan.
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Russia's state prosecutors call their first witness in the long-running trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former boss of oil and gas giant Yukos.
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A U.S. jury began deliberating on Wednesday in the perjury case of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
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The first criminal trial involving former executives of the now infamous energy company, Enron, begins today in a case that could have a crucial bearing on future trials of the company&#39;s top officials.
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Lawmakers charged with enforcing  ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Thursday to  begin an investigation of a sex scandal that has ensnared top  Republicans and could harm their chances of keeping control of  Congress in the November 7 elections.
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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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Abu Bakar Ba'asyir goes on trial in connection with the 2002 Bali bombings and other attacks.
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prosecutors will establish the truth after this month&#39;s re-run of a rigged presidential election. want the case to affect campaigning for his new run-off against Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on December 26.
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An Indonesian Muslim cleric goes on  trial on Thursday charged with leading a militant network seen  as the regional arm of al Qaeda in a case that will test the  new president's pledge to fight terrorism.
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The alleged leader of Southeast Asia&#39;s most dangerous Islamic militant group has gone on trial in Indonesia charged with terrorist offenses that carry the death penalty.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski,  dogged by criticism about being appointed to her job by her  governor father, was leading the state's Republican primary on  Tuesday, her first statewide election.
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Russian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into an opposition leaderâs effort to register as a candidate in the March 2 presidential election.
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A former vice minister of trade went on trial on Tuesday on charges of accepting thousands of dollars in bribes involving garment and textiles exports to the United States.
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Indonesian prosecutors opened a new terrorism trial today against the Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, charging him in connection with the suicide bombing of
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U.S. prosecutors have launched a far-reaching probe into possible public corruption involving development projects in suburban Washington, officials say.