US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said Monday that the United States is filing a case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for lax enforcement of copyright violations and trademarks. Schwab said that the US will also file a second challenge to China's existing trade barriers, which has hurt the sale of US-produced movies, music and books. The two cases will enter a 60-day consultation period during which the US and China will attempt to resolve their differences through negotiation. If the bilateral negotiations reach an impasse, WTO hearing panels will decide the case.

In February, Schwab announced that the the US was bringing a case against Chinese subsidies at the WTO. The Bush administration has come under increasing pressure to address Sino-US trade relations after the Democrats took control of Congress. In 2006, the total US trade deficit amounted to $765.3 billion dollars, with China accounting for $232.5 billion.

Boultbee, the former CFO of Hollinger International, stands accused of illegally diverting more than $80 million from Hollinger and its shareholders during Hollinger's $2.1 billion sale of several hundred Canadian newspapers. Two years ago, Boultbee joined Black, former legal executive Mark Kipnis, and former VP Peter Atkinson in pleading not guilty to fraud charges. A fifth defendant, former Hollinger President David Radler, pleaded guilty to the charges and agreed to testify for the government.

Kyle Sampson, Gonzales' former chief of staff who has since resigned, told the Senate Judiciary Committee last month that the prosecutors were fired for political reasons rather than for poor performance as the Justice Department has claimed. Gonzales has defended his role in the firings, admitting that there has been some confusion but saying that his involvement in the matter was limited to signing off on recommendations made by Sampson.

A 16-year-old Buffalo youth has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing a deli owner during a robbery.

Robert Gwynn was 15 when he and a 13-year-old accomplice robbed Myheeb's Deli in November. Gwynn shot the deli owner, Mike Saeed, in the chest. He died soon after.

Because of his age, Gwynn was prosecuted as a juvenile offender. State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Drury told him he'll likely impose a sentence of eleven years to life when he is sentenced in July.

The 13-year-old is being prosecuted in Family Court. His identity hasn't been released.

A jury found Gregory Nurrenberg Jr. guilty but mentally ill when he killed 45-year-old Sherry Dickey.

Nurrenberg, 24, admitted killing Dickey during Memorial Day weekend 2006, but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Jurors deliberated approximately 4 ½ hours before reaching a verdict about 7 p.m. Monday. The trial in Lawrence Superior Court II lasted five days.

U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton had limited Vonage to serving its existing customers. He also required Vonage to post a $66 million bond.

The stay is good until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hears Vonage's request for a permanent stay of Hilton's injunction.

However, it does not mean that Vonage will necessarily be able to continue its business as usual for the length of the appeals process.

An industry analyst, who said Vonage's business would face problems if the company could not add new customers while appealing the case, said the temporary stay was "unnecessary technically," as Hilton was not expected to enter his ruling until Thursday, April 12.

Russia kicked off its own Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), a competitor to the U.S. GPS and Europe's Galileo, in October 1982, when the first satellite of the system was launched.

So far, 19 GLONASS satellites have been put into orbit, the Interfax news agency said, citing anonymous source with the Central Research Institute of Machine-Building.

However, only 12 satellites are serving as the mission requires. One is waiting to be put into use, three were shut down for technical maintenance and the other three has been withdrawn from service.

The GLONASS service now covers 66 percent of Russia's territory and requires 18 satellites in orbit to implement full navigational functions, and 24 satellites for a global navigation service.

"We shall maintain such group by 2011 with the launch of the new-generation spacecraft GLONASS-K. The GLONASS system is in active development and is being renewed according to a set timetable," Perminov said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged to take advantage ofthe satellite navigation system for the country's economic development, and First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has claimed that the Russian Federal Space Agency "will fulfill its state-financed obligations" and complete the project.