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The United Nations is going green. The secretary-general has announced a new initiative to help lower the U.N.'s greenhouse gas emissions and reduce pollution. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports thermostats
By Lisa Bryant Paris 30 October 2009 Jacques Chirac (File) A French magistrate has ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges dating back to the 1990s, when he was mayor of Paris. The order is unprecedented, and f
By Greg Flakus Houston 31 January 2006 watch Enron Trial report The trial of two former top executives of the Enron corporation began Monday in Houston with the selection of a 12-person jury. Opening
By Deborah Block Washington 11 September 2006 watch Saddam Trial report The second trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein resumed September 11th in Baghdad. Saddam and six other defendants are charged in connection with the killing of thousands
By Jim Malone Washington, DC 19 January 2007 watch Lewis Libby report Opening arguments are anticipated next week in Washington in the criminal trial of Lewis Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby is charged with misleading a
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 08 January 2007 The trial for men accused of carrying out Saddam Hussein's brutal campaign against the Kurds in the 1980s has resumed in Baghdad. Prosecutors are pressing ahead even though the chief defendant, Saddam Hussei
By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 25 June 2007 The trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor resumed briefly Monday in the Hague, with the defendant once again boycotting the proceedings. At issue is his defense, which Taylor says is inadequate. H
By Lisa Bryant Paris 21 September 2009 Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin is among five defendants in one of France's most sensational trials in years. The case involves an alleged smear campaign targeting then candidate, now preside
Suspected former Nazi death camp guard in what is likely to be one of the last major Nazi-era war crimes trials Lisa Bryant | Paris 30 November 2009 Presumed former concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk arrives at the court room for his trial in Mu
Jim Malone | Washington 25 November 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight. Attorney General Defends Decision
By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 26 October 2009 View of empty seats where Radovan Karadzic's defense team was supposed to sit at start of trial at War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, 26 Oct 2009 Making good on his threat, former Serb leader Radovan Karad
By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 26 October 2009 Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic - File Photo More than 14 years after being charged with war crimes, Radovan Karadzic is expected to stand trial on Monday in The Hague. The former Bosnian Serb
The trial of Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has concluded, and the verdict is to be announced Friday. Despite an international outcry over the trial, the Nobel Peace Prize winner is expected to be found guilty and sentenced to up to fi
Dramatic Testimony Highlights First Week of Pistorius Murder Trial PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA The long-awaited murder trial of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius began this week, bringing with it drama and explosive testimony. The first week of Oscar
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 09 February 2006 United Nations and Cambodian officials who are coordinating the genocide trial of surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge have opened their offices in Phnom Penh. T
By Stephanie Ho Washington 11 June 2007 The chief prosecutor of the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone says he is confident the trial against Charles Taylor will proceed as scheduled, despite the former Liberian president's no show at the tri
By Phuong Tran Dakar 20 August 2007 Judges presiding over the war crimes trial of ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor have postponed the trial until January 7 to give new defense lawyers time to prepare their case. Taylor dismissed his previous lawyer
By Brian Wagner Miami 15 May 2007 A U.S. court has begun hearing testimony from witnesses in the terrorism trial of Jose Padilla, an American convert to Islam. From Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the alleged al-Qaida recruit is accused of planning
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 14 June 2007 More than three million people around the world are being held in prison awaiting trial, nearly one-third of the world's total prison population. A recent study released in South Africa says pre-trial detention
A major arms and graft trial involving shadowy links between France and Angola has opened in Paris. Lisa Bryant reports for VOA from the French capital that the son of a former French president and a former French interior minister are among the def