French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday they want a new European Union treaty to control spending, in an effort to end Europe’s debt crisis and save the continent’s euro currency. The two leaders held a working lunch in Paris and vowed to strengthen EU financial oversight over the budgets of […]
Merkel, Sarkozy Meet on Debt Crisis Proposal
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
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Ex-Leader: Khmer Rouge Not ‘Bad People’
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
The former number two leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime is denying responsibility for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people during the 1970s, insisting that he and his comrades were not “bad people.” Nuon Chea’s testimony came Monday in a packed courtroom in Phnom Penh, as a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal […]
Former Ivory Coast Leader Faces ICC Judges
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court, where he faces four charges of crimes against humanity stemming from his role in deadly post-election violence. Mr. Gbagbo, the first former head of state to be brought to the global court since its inception in 2002, was read […]
Global Witness Quits Kimberley Process
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
Rights group Global Witness has quit the Kimberley Process, saying the program designed to stop the flow of so-called “blood diamonds” has failed. A founding director of Global Witness, Charmian Gooch, said Monday that after nearly nine years, consumers still cannot be sure where their diamonds came from and whether they helped finance armed violence […]
China Sending Envoy to Mediate Sudanese Oil Dispute
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
China is sending an envoy to Sudan and South Sudan to help resolve a dispute over oil exports, of which China is a major customer. The foreign ministry in Beijing said Monday that China’s special representative on African affairs, Liu Guijin, will visit the two countries in the coming days. Sudan blocked the landlocked south […]
Secretary Clinton: Afghanistan Must Make Reforms
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. is ready to support Afghanistan, but the South Asian nation must carry through on reforms, take responsibility for its own security, and build a democracy rooted in the rule of law. Clinton spoke Monday in the German city of Bonn at a global conference on Afghanistan’s […]
Britain Lets Wikileaks Founder Continue to Appeal Extradition
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
Britain’s High Court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can continue fighting his extradition to Sweden. Assange, who has been free on bail, was accused by two Swedish women of rape and sexual assault in August of 2010. He says the sex was consensual and has denied wrongdoing, claiming the allegations are politically motivated. […]
Syria Says Responds ‘Positively’ to Arab Demands for Observers
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Syria says it has responded “positively” to an Arab League demand to let observers into the country to verify a pledge by President Bashar al-Assad to stop a deadly crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising. Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said Monday the government made the response in a letter to Arab League chief Nabil […]
Ex-Leader: Khmer Rouge Not “Bad People”
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
The former number two leader of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime says he and his comrades were not “bad people.” Nuon Chea told Cambodia’s U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal Monday that he did not want the “next generation” to “misunderstand history” and believe the Khmer Rouge were “criminal.” Reputed Khmer Rouge chief ideologue Nuon Chea, former […]
Delegates Begin Talks on Afghan Future
Posted December 5th, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
A global conference on Afghanistan’s future has opened in the German city of Bonn. Delegates from more than 80 countries focused Monday on charting a course for the war-torn country after international combat troops leave in 2014. But Pakistan, considered vital to any prospect of stability in Afghanistan, is boycotting the meeting in response to […]
