Viktor Bout, a former Soviet military officer accused by the United States of offering to sell weapons to terrorist groups, appeared in federal court in New York on Thursday. Bout's lawyer asked the government to provide his client with better prison...
The sole surviving gunman suspected of participating last year's terrorist attack in Mumbai has been having difficulty keeping a lawyer. His latest court-appointed counsel had threatened to quit after angry demonstrators surrounded her home. But the...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American government lawyers this week brought criminal charges against a young Somali man in connection with a ship hijacking earlier this month. They say Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse is the only survivor of a...
Local officials in Somalia have accused African Union peacekeepers of firing on civilians in the capital, Mogadishu, killing as many as 39 people after a roadside explosion. A spokesman for the AU force has denied that the troops shot at civilians....
By Melinda Smith Washington 17 April 2008 The controversial relationship in the United States between the medical profession and the drug industry is in the spotlight. A prominent medical publication, The Journal of the American Medical Association ,...
By Craig McCulloch Vancouver 10 December 2007 A pig farmer who is believed to be Canada's worst serial killer was found guilty Sunday of second degree murder in the death of six women. This trial in a suburban Vancouver court involved the first six o...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 29 November 2007 President Vladimir Putin continues his campaign on behalf of the ruling United Russia Party amid charges the organization is pressuring voters to cast ballots on its behalf in Sunday's parliamentary election....
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 28 February 2007 An Egyptian Canadian man accused of spying for Israel appeared in an Egyptian court where he denied many of the allegations that have swirled around the unusual case. Leslie Boctor has more for VOA from Cairo....
By Lisa Bryant Paris 04 March 2006 Youssef Fofana, center, the lead suspect in the torture killing of a young French Jewish man, is escorted to a French military plane The alleged leader of a gang acc...