A war crimes court in Bosnia-Herzegovina has handed down the harshest sentences yet to four former members of the Bosnian Serb Army, who were convicted of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The court in Sarajevo on Friday sentenced Stanko Kojic to 43 years in prison. Franc Kos and Zoran Goronja were handed down […]
Bosnian Court Orders Record Sentences for Srebrenica Killings
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Tensions Simmer in Anxious Egypt; Presidential Runoff Election to Proceed
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
Angry protesters took to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria Friday, taking aim at a supreme court ruling seen by many as a calculated move by the remnants of the old regime. Thousands marched to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, directing their wrath at presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq, suspicious the former prime minister for ousted president Hosni […]
US to Stop Deporting Some Young Immigrants
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has eased enforcement of immigration laws for young illegal immigrants saying it is the “right thing to do.” Speaking at the White House Friday, President Barack Obama said the U.S. government will stop deporting young immigrants who entered the country as children and who have since lived within the law. The […]
Tensions Simmer in Anxious Egypt; Presidential Runoff Election to Proceed
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Angry protesters took to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria Friday, taking aim at a supreme court ruling seen by many as a calculated move by the remnants of the old regime. Thousands marched to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, directing their wrath at presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq, suspicious the former prime minister for ousted president Hosni […]
Muslims Accused of Terrorism Expelled From Bosnian Court for Defiance
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
A court in Bosnia-Herzegovina has ordered three Muslims accused of attacking the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo last year to leave the courtroom for refusing to stand after the judges entered. Mevlid Jasarevic, Emrah Fojnica and Munib Ahmespahic, all three in their early 20s, said they only respect God’s law as their trial opened Friday in […]
US to Stop Deporting Some Young Immigrants
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says his administration’s decision to stop deporting certain qualified young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children is the “right thing to do.” Speaking at the White House Friday, President Obama said it makes no sense to expel talented young people, who he said for all intents and purposes are […]
Bosnian Court Orders Record Sentences for Srebrenica Killings
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
A war crimes court in Bosnia-Herzegovina has handed down the harshest sentences yet to four former members of the Bosnian Serb Army, who were convicted of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The court in Sarajevo on Friday sentenced one of the men to 43 years in prison; two were given 40-year sentences; and […]
US Corporate Executive Guilty in Stock Trading Case
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
A New York jury has found a once-prominent U.S. corporate executive guilty of insider stock trading, convicting him of secretly giving key business information to a friend who used it to make profitable investments. After deliberating for two days, the jury Friday convicted Calcutta-born Rajat Gupta of four counts of securities fraud and conspiracy, while […]
Syria Violence Intensifies; Russia Digs In on Assad
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the U.N. observer force in Syria has accused both rebels and government troops of stoking violence in the country. This comes as Russia hardens its position against Western pressure to topple embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Major General Robert Mood said Friday that fighting over the past 10 days has been “willingly intensified […]
Syria Violence Intensifies, Russia Digs In on Assad
Posted June 15th, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the U.N. observer force in Syria has accused both rebels and government troops of stoking violence in the country. This comes as Russia hardens its position against Western pressure to topple embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Major General Robert Mood said Friday that fighting over the past 10 days has been “willingly intensified […]
