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UN HRC endorses Goldstone Report
In a twenty-five countries to six vote (including the US and the Netherlands), with eleven countries abstaining and five declining to...
Oct 16, 20091 min read
India and Russia agree on $5bn arms deal
India and Russia agreed to two military pacts worth at least $5 billion over ten years. The first contract is for weapons and aircraft,...
Oct 15, 20091 min read
Israel may launch ground attacks on Iran after December
French newspaper Le Canard Enchainé speculates that Israel might launch a small special forces attack on Iran shortly after the new year....
Oct 15, 20091 min read
Explosion in Southern Lebanon
An explosion rocked a Hezbollah member’s house near the southern city of Tyre. Some people are suggesting that this was unexploded...
Oct 15, 20091 min read
Syria transferring medium and long range missiles to Lebanon
The Kuwaiti al Jarida reported Thursday that Syria moved almost a quarter of its medium- and long-range missiles to Hizzbullah control....
Oct 15, 20091 min read
ICC Prosecutor begins investigation in Guinea
Luis Moreno-Ocampo confirmed yesterday that the Office of the Prosecutor is beginning preliminary investigations on the situation in...
Oct 15, 20091 min read
UN Human Rights Chief backs report on Gaza war crimes
Navi Pillay, the United Nation’s top human rights official, backed the Goldstone report that detailed war crimes committed in Gaza last...
Oct 15, 20091 min read
Italy accused of bribing Taliban for safety in Afghanistan
The Times of London accused Italy of issuing secret payments to Taliban fighters in the Sarobi region of Afghanistan. The Times claims...
Oct 15, 20091 min read
UN Human Rights Counsel releases draft resolution condoning Israel action in the Occupied Territorie
A draft UN HRC resolution condemns Israel for restricting access to religious sites, restrictions on movement, and violations of...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
Fatah Signs Palestinian Unity Pact
After announcing that it would push for UN action on the Goldstone report this Saturday, Fatah signs a reconciliation pact that calls for...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
Israel Holding Hundreds Without Trial
B’Tsalem and HaMoked, two Israeli human rights groups, released a report that shows over 300 Palestinians are being held in...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
Idelphonse Nizeyimana Pleads Not Guilty
Idelphonse Nizeyimana is facing four counts of genocide, or in the alternative complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity (rape) and...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
Two seperate wars, Russia and Georgia both violated laws of war
Why did the EU report on the war last August in Georgia fail to bring resolution to the conflict? Both Russia and Georgia used the same...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
Russian parties stage Duma walkout in protest of this week's elections
The conservative Liberal Democratic (LDPR), the A Just Russia and the Communist parties walked out of parliament today in protest of what...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
United Russia sweeps elections
After 99 percent of the Moscow vote is counted, pro-Kremlin United Russia won 66 percent of the vote and Communists 13 percent. They were...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
India and Pakistan fighting proxy war in Afghanistan
Ghost Wars author Steve Cole says that Pakistan is influencing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to keep India off balance, while India is...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
Russia Rejects Further Iranian Sanctions
Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said all effort to deal with the Iranian nuclear program should focus on talks with Iran, and...
Oct 13, 20091 min read
UNHCR reopens debate on the Goldstone report.
The Goldstone report, a UN investigation that alleges war crimes were committed during fighting in the Gaza Strip this last winter, will...
Oct 13, 20091 min read
Military had advance notice of Saturday's attack in Pakistan
Pakistan’s police had warned the Pakistani military in July of an attack of the type that was carried out this Saturday on a military...
Oct 13, 20091 min read
PA reverses previous stance on UN report
In a reversal from an announcement earlier this month, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas said he would push for immediate...
Oct 12, 20091 min read
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