By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 August 2007 Medical aid groups - fighting for access to cheap medicines for the poor - are applauding an Indian court's decision to throw out a Swiss drug company's legal challenge on patent issues. Anjana Pasricha tel...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 August 2007 Non-governmental organizations working in the health sector in developing countries have welcomed a decision by the High Court in Chennai, India, rejecting a challenge to Indian patent law by the Swiss f...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 01 August 2007 In the west African country of Mauritania, a criminal court has dropped terrorism charges against 14 men who had been accused of aiding a group allied to al-Qaida. Phuong Tran has reactions to the court's decision...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 July 2007 A judge has approved a $660 million settlement between more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse and the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, the landmark agreement follow...
By Jim Fry Washington 11 July 2007 Supreme Court Justices, with Justice Anthony Kennedy pictured in center Conservative judges now dominate the U.S. Supreme Court. In the first full term since two of President Bush's appointees took their seats, ruli...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 July 2007 The Libyan Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences for six foreign medical workers imprisoned on disputed charges that they infected Libyan children with HIV. But there is still a chance they could be spa...
By Roger Wilkison Bangkok 10 July 2007 Thaksin Shinawatra A panel of Thai Supreme Court judges has agreed to hear the first corruption case against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra next month. From Bangkok, Roger Wilkison reports the court or...
By Sonja Pace London 09 July 2007 A British court has handed guilty verdicts for four men in plotting to bomb London's transport system in July 2005. Jury deliberations continue for two others implicated in the plot. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from Lon...
By Brian Wagner Miami 30 June 2007 Critics of racial desegregation plans in U.S. schools have welcomed a Supreme Court decision Thursday blocking some school integration measures. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that supporters of desegregation...
By Gary Thomas Washington 29 June 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed itself and agreed to hear the appeals of detainees held at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, legal scholars say it is a high...