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By Nadim Ladki DOHA (Reuters) - Lebanon's rival leaders held tense talks in Qatar on Saturday to try to end a political conflict that has pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war but face major hurdles. Government and opposition leaders left the conference room at a Doha hotel...
U.S. delays first war crimes trial pending ruling Bin Laden's ex-driver to be first tribunal; high court decision likely in June SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A military judge on Friday postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its...
KOHIMA: In the wake of a deadly clash between Naga factions, the state government has asked police and paramilitary forces to enforce strictly ceasefire rules on the ground. The state government, after an emergency cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Friday night, directed...
Seven years after al-Qaeda terrorists Jamal al-Badawi and Fahd al-Quso confessed to me their crucial involvement in the bombing of the USS Cole, and three years after they were convicted in a Yemeni court -- where a judge imposed a death sentence on Badawi -- they, along with many other al-Qaeda...
The feeble attempt by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey to argue that Israel isn't occupying Gaza ["The Myth of Occupied Gaza," op-ed, May 10] didn't pass the laugh test. Their claim that "the Israeli military does not control Gaza; nor does Israel exercise any government functions there" is...
Published: Saturday, 17 May, 2008 @ 1:40 PM in Beirut (GMT+2) Doha - Arab-sponsored inter-Lebanese dialogue opened in Qatar Saturday in a bid to end the long-running political crisis that drove the country to the brink of a new civil war after pro- and anti-government supporters fought bloody...
posted at 8:40 am on May 17, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly In the middle of the sudden debate over the very settled historical judgment on appeasement, a curious defense of it appeared in yesterday’s Seattle Times. Bruce Ramsey wrote about the historical context of...
JOHANNESBURG , 16 May 2008 (IRIN) - Handicap International, a non-governmental organisation working to improve the conditions and quality of life of disabled people in the developing world and in post-conflict zones, defines cluster submunition as explosive ordnance that, to perform its task,...
Jeremy Scahill writes a review for Truthout of John Cusack's new film, "War, Inc.": "Back in 1989, in his smash hit, 'Say Anything,' John Cusack famously stood with a boom box above his head outside the home of the woman he loved blasting Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes.' With his latest films on...
President Bush sits with Saudi King Abdullah at the King's Al Janadriyah Ranch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 16, 2008. President Bush is pivoting to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute, and he may well get a less glowing reception than he did in The militant group Hezbollah overran...
