Dias Kadyrbayev to get no more than 7 year sentence after pleading guilty
Kazakh student Dias Kadyrbayev has formally pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice in Boston bombings case two weeks before the trial.
Dias Kadyrbayev to plead guilty
Kazakhstani student Dias Kadyrbayev accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings investigation has agreed to plead guilty on August 21.
Judge rejects Silicon Valley anti-poaching settlement
A federal judge rejected a plan to compensate employees affected by an "anti-poaching" agreement involving Silicon Valley tech giants.
Ex-spy Litvinenko death inquiry to open in Britain
Britain will formally open an inquiry into the radioactive poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko in a case that threatens to increase tensions with Moscow amid the crisis in Ukraine.
One of five 9/11 accused to be tried separately: judge
A US military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled that one of the five alleged September 11 plotters, Yemeni Ramzi Binalshibh, should be tried separately.
IBRD to loan $36 million to Kazakhstan to enhance legal system
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has endorsed a law on ratification of the agreement on a loan between Kazakhstan and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Tazhayakov did not take Tsarnayev's backpack: Wooldridge
Boston Federal Court started hearings of the Azamat Tazhayakov case.
Jury selected for Tazhayakov's hearing on July 7
The Boston court will make the final decision in the case of a Kazakhstani student Azamat Tazhayakov accused of impeding the Boston bombings investigation.
Selection of jury for Tazhayakov's hearing in connection to Boston bombings
The Boston court started jury selection for the trial of Azamat Tazhayakov, a Kazakhstani student accused of obstructing justice and conspiring to destroy evidences in relation to the Boston bombings case.
Tazhayakov's lawyer asks for impartial jury
Tazhayakov's lawyer has asked the judge to question potential jury about they attitude to Muslims and ask other relevant questions to make sure none of them is biased against the Kazakhstani student.
Silicium Kazakhstan to reopen after scandalous shutdown
Scandalously closed Silicium Kazakhstan plant will be reopened by the end of this summer.
Guatemalan ex-guerrilla convicted of indigenous massacre
A Guatemalan court handed down the country's first conviction of a leftist guerrilla leader for the killings of indigenous farmers during the 1960-1996 civil war.
Drugs case against Tunisia blogger dismissed
A prominent Tunisian blogger who accused police of fabricating drugs charges against him walked free from court on Friday after a judge threw out the case.
Former Supreme court judge named new S. Korean premier
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday named a former Supreme Court judge as her new prime minister, as the fallout from last month's ferry disaster casts a long shadow over upcoming local elections.
Sudan judge orders Christian woman to hang for apostasy
A Sudanese judge on Thursday sentenced a heavily pregnant Christian woman to hang for apostasy, a ruling which Britain denounced as "barbaric" and left the United States "deeply disturbed".
Kazakh student prisoners in Boston to face trial separately
The hearings of Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, arrested in the United States in relation to the Boston bombings case would take place separately.
Britain's PR king jailed for 8 years for sex assaults
British celebrity publicist Max Clifford, the king of tabloid kiss-and-tell scandals, was sentenced to eight years in jail on Friday for a string of sex assaults against teenagers.
Egypt verdict expected for Islamist chief, 700 others
The Egyptian judge who sentenced to death hundreds of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi will pass judgment Monday on another 700 people, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie.
US judge suspends Chinese units of 'Big Four' auditors
A US judge has ordered Chinese units of the "Big Four" global accounting firms to be suspended from auditing US-traded companies for six months, saying they had "willfully violated" US laws.
Nine indicted in Haiti journalist's murder
A Haitian judge on Friday indicted nine people, including several with close ties to former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in the murder of a prominent journalist, officials said.