The U.N.Office on Drugs and Crime says Kenya has agreed to be the first nation in the area to try Somali piracy suspects.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

"The law as it stands now in the State of Israel is to be commended because elected office is not a shelter for misdeeds,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

"Everyone is equal before the law." Selebi is one of the highest ranking officials in South Africa to be convicted of misuse of office.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

"My office is closed. I have to tell my patients I cannot be in France.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

General Assembly to plead his case. In a non-binding resolution, the General Assembly demanded that he be returned to office, saying he is the legitimate constitutional leader of Honduras.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

But the level of criticism is growing here. The latest person to ask how much longer will British forces be deployed in Afghanistan is former Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

If no single party is able to win a majority of parliament seats, current Prime Minister Gordon Brown would have the right to stay in office until a new government can be formed.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

With just days to go before all preliminary vote totals are to be released, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office is applauding the Independent Election Commission "for its efforts in pursuing the process in an impartial and faithful national spirit."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09