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A Dutch court has ruled that The Netherlands owes nothing to the families of two Bosnian Muslims who were killed after Dutch peacekeepers turned them over to Serb forces during the 1995 Srebrenica massacres. For VOA, Lauren Comiteau has more from Am
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 27 March 2008 An Indonesian court has acquitted the late dictator Suharto in a civil case but found his charity foundation guilty of graft and ordered it to repay the government more than $100 million in state funds. V
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 28 September 2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has dismissed a series of challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid, paving the way for Mr. Musharraf to run in the October presidential election while still hold
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 22 November 2007 A special electoral court in Nigeria is investigating charges of cheating in April elections and could overturn the results in key votes. They have already overturned the results in several gubernatorial electi
By Jade Heilmann Dakar 26 December 2007 A court in Chad Wednesday convicted six French aid workers belonging to the Zoe's Ark group of trying to kidnap African children, and sentenced them to eight years of hard labor. A Chadian and Sudanese were sen
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 21 April 2008 An Indonesian court has sentenced two top leaders of the Southeast Asia terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah, to 15 years in prison each. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. Zarkasih, believed to
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 02 April 2008 Turkey's ruling AK party is facing the prospect of closure, after the country's Constitutional Court agreed to hear a case accusing it of undermining secularism. The prime minister and president also face a five
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 04 September 2007 An appeals court in Iraq has upheld the death sentences of several former top officials of Saddam Hussein's government. The best known is Chemical Ali who got his grim nickname for using poison gas against
By Jim Malone Washington 05 December 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court has heard a plea that terrorism suspects being held at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be given the opportunity to challenge their detention in American courts. VOA
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 05 November 2007 When Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf abruptly ordered a state of emergency and suspended the Constitution on Saturday, military forces quickly surrounded the Supreme Court and detained judges, includ
Efforts by activists to force India's government to strike down a Victorian-era law banning homosexuality are gaining momentum. It is another sign that India's deeply conservative society is changing. Raymond Thibodeaux reports from Bangalore, capit
By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 17 September 2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has begun hearing challenges to President Pervez Musharraf bid for re-election. Opposition groups say Mr. Musharraf - who assumed power in a 1999 bloodless military coup - cannot
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 Douglas Bakshian Manila 12 September 2007 Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada has been sentenced to life in prison for receiving bribes and kickbacks while in office. The sentence came after a six-year-long trial. Douglas Bakshian reports f
By Greg Flakus Kerrville, Texas 02 June 2008 A judge in San Angelo, Texas has ordered state authorities to return more than 440 children to their parents, who belong to a polygamous sect based at a west Texas ranch. Authorities raided the compound o
By Tendai Maphosa London 14 February 2008 Britain's Court of Appeal has ruled an Algerian pilot wrongly accused of training the 9/11 hijackers is entitled to claim damages. From London Tendai Maphosa has more in this report for VOA. The Appeal Court
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 November 2007 South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the prosecution in four applications that will give the state access to important evidence in its corruption case against Jacob Zuma, the co
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 September 2007 Israel's construction of a controversial separation barrier in the occupied West Bank has suffered a legal setback in the nation's highest court. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israe
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