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Downing Street yesterday bowed to pressure from Saudi Arabia and forced the Serious Fraud Office to abandon its investigation into alleged bribery of Saudi officials by BAE Systems. The investigation had embarrassed the Saudi royal family, on whom the alleged £60 million bribes were supposed to have been spent, and threatened a new £10 billion […]

In a cavernous room that once displayed gifts given to Saddam Hussein, eight men in yellow prison garb sat on the floor facing the wall, guarded by two American soldiers. Among them was Abdulla Sultan Khalaf, a Ministry of Industry employee seized by American troops who said they found 10 blasting caps and 100 sticks

Grappling with Web 2.0 can be a bit daunting in that it has become an amalgamation of disparate trends and ideas. Equal parts buzzword, technology standard, aesthetic ideal, business model and social movement, Web 2.0 may become a phrase we come to mock as “so 2006.” But this lack of an easy definition doesn’t diminish

Israel’s high court on Thursday upheld the military’s right to assassinate members of what the state defines as terrorist organizations, but cautioned that decisions to launch such operations should always weigh the potential harm to civilian bystanders and the rights of the person being targeted. The unanimous decision, one of the last to be issued

In one of the midtown Manhattan high-rises that house the cream of the US legal profession, a combative senior partner seems uncharacteristically unsure when asked about the threat posed by his London-based rivals. While he thinks the British have failed to make the inroads into the New York market they desperately want, he acknowledges that

Bushmen forced out of the Kalahari desert by Botswana’s government won a landmark legal victory today as the country’s high court ruled they had been illegally removed and should be allowed to return. The panel of three judges ruled 2-1 in favour of the Bushmen, among Africa’s last hunter-gatherers, whose fate has attracted widespread international

Family and friends left behind by Friday’s deadly law firm rampage gathered Tuesday and found solace amid tragedy. “We have seen the worst of human nature this week, and we’ve seen a lot of the best of human nature this week with all of the support we’ve gotten,” Allen E. Hoover said outside the funeral

Sir Paul McCartney will give his estranged wife Heather Mills a $235 million divorce package to safeguard his health, according to a British newspaper. The News of the World reports the former Beatle was urged to agree the deal by his daughters Stella and Mary because they are concerned the bitter divorce battle is affecting