On Friday,the United Nations made an emergency appeal for more than half a billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

He says the defense team will appeal the conviction on the single charge.

VOA: special.2010.11.20

On Tuesday,Megrahi dropped his appeal, which would have opened the door to a close examination of the evidence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

He was given a 40-year sentence in 1992, which was later reduced to 30 years on appeal and further reduced to 17 years.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

under South African law. The court subsequently freed Selebi on bail so that he could appeal.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

McKinnon's lawyer said she would review the judgment and could appeal the High Court decision to Britain's Supreme Court or European courts on humanitarian grounds.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

President Karzai's appeal for peace also comes two days after a statement attributed to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar appeared on a Taliban Web site.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The documents come from an appeal against his 2001 conviction, which was dropped just before he was released from a Scottish jail on compassionate grounds last month.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19