Greek authorities have decided to press charges against crew members of a Greek cruise ship. The crew members, with the ship`s captain among them, are charged with negligence that led to the sinking of the ship in the Aegean Sea.

The Russian prosecution investigating the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, intends to send investigators to London to interrogate Businessman Boris Berezovsky and Chechen leader Akhmed Zakayev

The trial of deposed former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein continued on Monday this week, with prosecutors in Baghdad calling for the heaviest possible penalty - death. Hussein, his half-brother and former intelligence chief Barzan al-Tikriti, and the six other defendants on trial will face death by hanging if found guilty.

A former Tampa teacher sentenced to three years of house arrest for engaging in sexual activity with her 14-year-old male student in one Florida county - won`t face charges in another. Debra Lafave, who was sentenced in Hillsborough County, was spared possible prison through the deal.