Rescue workers have ended their search for survivors of Tuesday’s powerful earthquake in northern Italy that killed 17 people. Emergency teams had been pulling bodies from the rubble of homes, factories and churches damaged by the 5.8-magnitude quake. Some 350 people were injured. The epicenter of the quake was in the Emilia-Romagna region between the […]
Search Ends for Survivors of Italy Earthquake
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
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UN: Civilian Casualties Drop in Afghanistan
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says civilian casualties in Afghanistan’s decade-long war have dropped by more than 20 percent in the first four months of this year as compared to the same period in 2011. U.N. special representative for Afghanistan Jan Kubis told reporters in Kabul Wednesday that insurgents were responsible for nearly 80 percent of the […]
ICC Upholds Decision to Drop War Crimes Charges Against Rwandan
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
An International Criminal Court appeals chamber has upheld a ruling to drop war crimes charges against a Rwandan man. Callixte Mbarushimana faced eight counts of war crimes and five counts of crimes against humanity in connection with the rape, murder, and torture of civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. But ICC judges ordered […]
Pakistani Doctor Jailed for Militant Ties, Not Helping CIA
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
The Pakistani doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden was jailed last week not for working with the CIA, but for ties to militants. A tribal court last week convicted Shakil Afridi to 33 years in prison. Afridi was accused of running a fake vaccination campaign to help the CIA obtain […]
Annan Leaves Syria Without Breakthrough
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
A U.N. official says international envoy Kofi Annan has left Syria without securing any major steps from the Syrian government to implement his faltering peace plan for the country. Mr. Annan flew out of Damascus on Wednesday, arriving in Amman where he met with top Jordanian officials. While in Syria, the U.N.-Arab League envoy made […]
Tribunal Sentences Charles Taylor to 50 Years for War Crimes
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
A special tribunal has sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Special Court for Sierra Leone handed down its sentence Wednesday in The Hague, saying Taylor used his position to aid and abet rebels rather than to promote peace and stability. Presiding Judge […]
British Court Upholds Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Julian Assange, the Australian founder of the controversial website WikiLeaks, can be extradited from Britain to Sweden to face charges of sex crimes. Wednesday’s 5-2 decision by the high court upholds earlier decisions made by two lower courts to extradite the 40-year-old Assange, who is wanted in Sweden on […]
China: Diplomat in Japan Not a Spy
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
China is rejecting Japanese media reports that suggest a Chinese diplomat was spying on businessmen and politicians in Japan. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Weimin said Wednesday the accusations against the diplomat, whom he identified as Li Chunguang, are groundless. “He is a researcher who has been doing research on Japan for a long time. He […]
Tribunal Sentences Charles Taylor to 50 Years for War Crimes
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
A special tribunal has sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Special Court for Sierra Leone handed down its sentence Wednesday in The Hague, saying Taylor used his position to aid and abet rebels rather than to promote peace and stability. Prosecutors had […]
Thai Court Convicts Web Editor in Free Speech Case
Posted May 30th, 2012 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
A Thai court has convicted a website manager on computer crimes charges for failing to act quickly enough to remove online comments that were deemed offensive to the country’s monarchy. The Bangkok Criminal Court on Wednesday gave an eight-month suspended jail sentence to Chiranuch Premchaiporn for not respecting a court order to promptly remove the […]
