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Libya: UN calls for active participation of women in drafting of new constitution

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Libyan women queue up to vote on election day in July 2012.

French Oil and Gas Company, Total, S.A., Charged in the United States and France in Connection with an International Bribery Scheme

Total, S.A., a French oil and gas company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange, has agreed to pay a $245.2 million monetary penalty to resolve charges related to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)...

Shape-shifting nanoparticles flip from sphere to net in response to tumor signal

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Spherical nanoparticles labeled with red or green dye shift their shapes and accumulatte into netlike structur...

Bank Teller Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Money from Bank

Earlier in federal court, a 64-year-old woman from the southeastern Minnesota community of Wykoff pleaded guilty to embezzling approximately $35,520 from the Security State Bank where she was employed as the head teller. C...