The Legalizer

July 24th, 2009 Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi to continue MondayYANGON, Myanmar — A diplomat says the trial of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will continue Monday with the prosecutor's closing argument. The widely criticized proceedings were expected to wrap up Friday with the defense lawyers and the prosecutors presenting final arguments.

May 5th, 2009 Dictatorship-era official reappears in ParaguayASUNCION, Paraguay — A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the disappearance and killings of government opponents in the 1970s and 1980s. Minister Sabino Montanaro, who served as interior minister under ex-dictator Alfredo Stroessner, arrived in Asuncion early Friday after nearly two decades of self-imposed exile in Honduras, his lawyer said.

June 11th, 2009 Summary box: Goldman international custody battleLATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffs a bid to block the return of a 9-year-old boy to the United States to live with his father, David Goldman, of Tinton Falls, New Jersey. However, it says Brazil's federal court must consider an appeal from the boy's stepfamily, who want him to remain in Brazil.

June 15th, 2009 AP, others sue NCAA, FSU on public records lawTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Associated Press and other Florida news organizations sued the NCAA and Florida State University on Monday, charging they schemed to violate open government laws by not making correspondence public about an academic cheating scandal at the school.

July 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - The Manipur government should act to end a cycle of unpunished violence, including killings, by security forces and armed groups, Human Rights Watch said Saturday. Human Rights Watch said that urgent action was needed to support this process by repealing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, which critics say has facilitated serious security force abuse for years.

April 22nd, 2009 British man admits guilt in NY oil-for-food caseNEW YORK — A British oil company employee has admitted his role in a scheme to cheat the United Nations oil-for-food program by paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Iraq regime. Fifty-four-year-old John Irving pleaded guilty in a New York court Tuesday to one charge of aiding and abetting importing merchandise.

July 7th, 2009 US wants justice in journalist's killing in RussiaMOSCOW — The United States on Tuesday urged Russia to step up efforts to bring an American journalist's killers to justice. Amid a Russian-American summit, a senior U.S.

June 12th, 2009 Probation instead of prison for Pentagon leakerALEXANDRIA, Va. — A judge has dramatically reduced the sentence for a former Pentagon analyst who pleaded guilty to leaking classified information to an Israeli diplomat and two pro-Israel lobbyists.