International Business News - Trial http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Even when he thought no one was listening but his old friend Bill Allen, Sen. Ted Stevens repeatedly proclaimed his innocence in an Alaskan corruption investigation in between lectures on staying healthy and keeping out of prison on obstruction of justice charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/stevens-unplugged-a-defiant-salty-health-nut.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:33:47 EDT In the latest sideshow at Sen. Ted Stevens's corruption trial, the federal judge overseeing the case accused the lawyer for the government's star witness of making secret signals to his client during a crucial cross-examination. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146697-stevens-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/stevens-unplugged-a-defiant-salty-health-nut.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/stevens-unplugged-a-defiant-salty-health-nut.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:41:29 EDT Dubai court documents say that a verdict in the trial of a British couple accused of having sex on a beach will be pronounced next week. The Dubai court records say that Tuesday's session was postponed until Oct. 16 when a verdict is expected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/verdict-for-british-sex-trial-in-dubai-next-week.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:32:15 EDT Federal prosecutors moved Monday to delay indefinitely the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, sending their strongest hint yet that he is ready to spill his political secrets. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146652-fundraiser-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/prosecutors-move-to-delay-rezko-sentencing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/prosecutors-move-to-delay-rezko-sentencing.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:16:12 EDT Federal prosecutors moved Monday to delay indefinitely the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, sending their strongest hint yet that he is ready to spill his political secrets. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146493-fundraiser-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/prosecutors-move-to-delay-rezko-sentencing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/prosecutors-move-to-delay-rezko-sentencing.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:16:15 EDT Prosecutors at the Milan trial over the collapse of Parmalat in 2003 have requested a 13-year jail sentence for Calisto Tanzi, founder of the Italian dairy giant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/prosecutors-request-jail-for-parmalat-founder.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:27:35 EDT The son of a former French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and a tycoon with ties to Arizona's jet set were among the headliners Monday as 42 defendants went on trial in Paris, accused in a worldwide web of trafficked arms to Angola, money laundering and kickbacks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/huge-gunrunning-and-graft-trial-opens-in-paris.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:39:46 EDT The editor of Malaysia's best-known anti-government news Web site went on trial Monday on sedition charges for allegedly implying the deputy prime minister was involved in the murder of a Mongolian woman. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146060-malaysia-sedition-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/malaysian-journalist-on-trial-for-alleged-sedition.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/malaysian-journalist-on-trial-for-alleged-sedition.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:40:03 EDT In October 2006, a longtime loyalist of Sen. Ted Stevens called him up with a big problem: The FBI, he said, was breathing down his neck about a makeover of the senator's mountain cabin. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146535-stevens-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/defense-renews-bid-to-end-stevens-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/defense-renews-bid-to-end-stevens-trial.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:30:36 EDT Attorneys for Sen. Ted Stevens on Sunday renewed their effort to get a federal corruption case against the veteran Alaskan lawmaker thrown out, saying prosecutors manipulated the story of its star witness to undermine the defense. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/defense-renews-bid-to-end-stevens-trial.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:55:48 EDT Bill Allen affectionately referred to the outings as "boot camp." It was a time when he and Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, would retreat together to a desert location where they gave up hard liquor and heavy food for wine and light meals. The idea, Allen said, was to do lots of walking, "trying to get off some pounds." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145911-stevens-trial-star-witness.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/cool-reunion-as-sen-stevens-ex-friend-testifies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/cool-reunion-as-sen-stevens-ex-friend-testifies.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:19:44 EDT A federal judge rejected a vigorous defense bid Thursday for a mistrial in the corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens despite finding that prosecutors broke rules requiring them to turn over evidence favorable to the veteran Alaska lawmaker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/judge-denies-vigorous-mistrial-bid-in-stevens-case.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:11:53 EDT Italy's top criminal court on Thursday upheld the conviction on international terrorism charges of an Egyptian jailed as one of the chief suspects in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, a lawyer said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/italy-court-upholds-terror-conviction.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:25:14 EDT The former chief executive of a failed health care financing company fabricated company data, kept two sets of books and lied to investors, a federal prosecutor said Thursday during opening statements of a $1.9 billion corporate fraud trial. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/prosecutor-former-ceo-in-ohio-lied-to-investors.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:59:33 EDT A federal judge on Wednesday froze more than $100,000 belonging to Antoin "Tony" Rezko, saying the money may be needed if she orders the prominent political fundraiser to forfeit a big chunk of his assets as punishment for masterminding political corruption. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/judge-freezes-105k-that-rezko-may-have-to-forfeit.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:36:30 EDT An appeals court on Thursday increased the prison sentences of four Islamic radicals accused of plotting attacks on Dutch politicians, convicting them of the additional charge of membership in a terrorist organization. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/dutch-court-extends-prison-for-4-terror-plotters.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:29:06 EDT A federal judge rejected a vigorous defense bid Thursday for a mistrial in the corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens despite finding that prosecutors broke rules requiring them to turn over evidence favorable to the veteran Alaska lawmaker. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144239-stevens-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/jury-to-hear-tapes-at-stevens-corruption-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/jury-to-hear-tapes-at-stevens-corruption-trial.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:47:37 EDT A federal judge on Wednesday froze more than $100,000 belonging to Antoin "Tony" Rezko, saying the money may be needed if she orders the prominent political fundraiser to forfeit a big chunk of his assets as punishment for masterminding political corruption. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/judge-freezes-105k-that-rezko-may-have-to-forfeit.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:32:03 EDT When FBI agents investigating political corruption in Alaska arrived at oil pipeline magnate Bill Allen's doorstep in 2006, he quickly cut a deal that would end up putting his friend Sen. Ted Stevens in peril. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/143266-stevens-trial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/close-friend-turns-star-witness-in-stevens-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/close-friend-turns-star-witness-in-stevens-trial.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:56:55 EDT A former Gary police chief was acquitted Tuesday on five of six counts from a raid that prosecutors say he orchestrated after a burglary at his home. A deputy chief and sergeant were acquitted of all charges in the raid. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/ex-ind-police-chief-acquitted-on-all-but-1-charge.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:07:09 EDT