US Ambassador for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp said that no US president is likely to present the Rome Statute to the US Senate for ratification in the “foreseeable future.”
Mayor Bloomberg cited costs and potential disruptions in urging the federal government not to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other accused 9-11 conspirators in New York City.
A Sana’a government official said that Yemen will build a rehabilitation center for transfered Guantánamo Bay detainees. The US has supposedly pledged $11 million for the project.
The US Department of Justice announced that an Uzbek Guantánamo Bay detainee has been transferred to Switzerland. The detainee’s identity will not be disclosed.
Four explosions rocked Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula in the wee hours of the day slated for the first national election since the government declared victory over the Tamil Tigers.
A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside of the Forsenics Lab of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior’s Criminal Investigation Department, killing 21 people and injuring 80.
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The anti-Zionist blogosphere has been abuzz with accusations that Israel is exploiting the Haiti disaster to cover for its crimes in Gaza. But why is Sri Lanka getting a free ride?
Continuing global economic growth “is not possible” if the world is to stop devastating climate change, according to a report by the New Economics Foundation (Nef).
The US is set to hold talks with European and Arab partners in London to build support for a drive to defeat a perceived growing al-Qaeda threat in Yemen.
An Indian court rejected a request by suspected Mumbai gunman Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab to be tried in an international court as he could not receive a fair trial in India.
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by former Panamanian military ruler Manuel Noriega challenging a lower court ruling denying his habeas corpus petition.
