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Congolese state mining firm Gecamines has refused a request from the mines ministry to publish all revised contracts, saying it cannot do so without the permission of firms involved, according to a letter from Gecamines published on the ministry website.

Thousands of Egyptians protested on Monday in Tahrir Square, the epicentre of an uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak this year, after a prominent activist was detained by military prosecutors.

A Nigerian court rejected a challenge to President Goodluck Jonathan's victory in an April election and rejected demands by the main opposition party for a recount in several areas of the country.

An expert defense witness suggested on Monday that Michael Jackson could have risen from his bed, picked up a syringe left by his doctor and given himself a fatal dose of a powerful anesthetic in 2009.

Selebi remains free on bail. If, however, his two-day appeal fails, he will have to go to jail.

The Supreme Court scolded a lower federal appeals court for vacating a jury verdict against a woman convicted of violently shaking her grandson to death.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian filed for divorce on Monday, just 72 days after marrying basketball player Kris Humphries in a lavish wedding that was billed as a fairytale.

U.S. Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs exploited a lawless platoon culture when he directed plans to execute innocent Afghanistani civilians and disguise the killings as combat engagements, prosecutors charged at the start of Gibbs' court martial.

Goldman Sachs has purchased a majority stake in a 10-office building portfolio in Virginia from the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, Lehman said on Monday.

The two face possible prison terms.

Redistricting happens every ten years, and it is always followed by court challenges, political fights, and incumbents scrambling for a place to run. Here's some of this cycle's more interesting cases of redistricting madness.

The magazine will be temporarily renamed ‘Sharia Hebdo,’ for its next weekly issue.

Prime Minister George Papandreou's call for a referendum on the latest Greek bailout plan has blown a potentially fatal hole in the Eurozone's strategy to overcome its sovereign debt crisis.

Kim Kardashian’s 72-Day Marriage: Rob Candid on Sister's Divorce; Is Reggie Bush a Reason for the Split?

Conservatives are likening the allegations against Herman Cain to the treatment U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received during his 1991 confirmation hearings.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 8 will hear a case on law enforcement's warrantless use of GPS technology. Is the use of GPS technology simply a more-efficient process or an illegal search?

Tribune Co, the owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune newspapers, suffered a legal defeat on Monday after a judge late Monday rejected its plan to end its three-year stay in bankruptcy.

Director Peter Jackson on Friday said he is helping to get investigative and forensic work done so that Damien Echols -- the only death row inmate of the West Memphis Three -- can receive complete pardon.

A U.S. judge has appointed a trustee to oversee the liquidation of the U.S. brokerage unit of Jon Corzine's MF Global Holdings Ltd, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, a federal agency said.

In yet another scandal clouding the GOP hopeful's presidential campaign, top aides Mark Block and Linda Hanson are being accused of corruption by news source No Quarter, with documentation showing both election and federal tax law violations involving front group Prosperity USA.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said that case law to determine religious displays in public is in shambles.