Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili Tuesday strongly denied accusations his armed forces had committed war crimes during an August offensive in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia. The BBC reported Georgian troops had used indiscriminate force, turning their guns and tanks on civilian targets. Eyewitness accounts of the incursion details civilians being shot as they […]
Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's trial was adjourned until January today. Karadzic will keep busy testifying on behalf of a former Serb official, Momcilo Krajisnik. Alan Dershowitz, who is assisting with Krajisnik's defense, promises Karadzic will provide “significant exculpatory evidence.”
The New York Post reports the US strike in Syria Sunday killed Abu Ghadiyah, an Al Qaeda leader located on the Syrian side of the Iraq-Syria border. Syria has closed an American school and cultural center in response.
1.7 billion USD. That was the estimated total cost by the American taxpayer to rebuild Iraq. This was in April 2003, a month after the world was startled by Bush's unilateral decision to invade Iraq. Andrew Natsios of the Agency for International Development (USAID) told Ted Koppel of Nightline that another $700 million dollars would […]
Its not too late to muster up a troop of witches, warlocks, fairies and superheros, young and old, to make a big impact on children's lives this Halloween. Why not do some reverse trick-or-treating. What is reverse trick-or-treating? Reverse trick-or-treating is when you walk around door to door and instead or, or including, taking candy as […]
The LA Times reports that the Air Force and Department of Defense are investigating Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann, considering allegations that he interfered with certain Guantanamo prosecutions. The allegations are serious, in light of the high standards governing prosecutors’ conduct, and the Times reports the Air Force has already conducted a preliminary inquiry and found […]
"The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?" – Pope John Paul II quotes (Polish Pope. 1920-2005) No longer is it the end of the ’70s, but since the establishment of the Declaration of the Rights […]
The Uighur detainees we referred to earlier this week yesterday lost an appeal for en banc rehearing of the Justice Department's petition for a stay of the trial court's order releasing them into the U.S. mainland. Scotusblog reports DOJ has filed a merits brief, arguing in essence that while the Uighurs can't be returned to […]
The US based Human Rights First has drafted a step by step strategy for the next US president to end the use of torture as a means to gather information. Aside from the obvious recommendations of renouncing the use of torture, HR First recommends establishing a National Security Advisor tasked to fully document and expose […]
The first case at the International Criminal Court may be setting an unwelcome precedent as judges this week suspended the trial for Congolese militia leader, Thomas Lubanga. ICC judges in June suspended the trial because prosecutors would not share their evidence with the defense. The judges this week said Lubana should remain in custody, but […]
With an estimated $2 trillion worth of foreign currency reserves and China's growing global status, one wonders whether or not this developing, Communist-led state will one day become a major saviour of the Western banking system. While the Chinese Communist Party is aware of China's potential to take more of the limelight on the global […]
“We will be judged in the future on the actions we take today — on results. On this United Nations Day, let us rededicate ourselves to achieving them.” – Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General Today marks the anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Charter, which was put into force on the 24th of October 1945. United Nations Day is was established […]
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