General Rasim Delic , who headed the Bosnian Muslim army during most of the Bosnian civil war that spanned the 1990s, left Sarajevo for the Hague Monday to surrender to the UN tribunal and face trial for war...
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International brief ~ South African prosecutors seek new trial for 'Dr. Death'
In Tuesday's international brief, state prosecutors for South Africa have appealed to the Constitutional Court for permission to retry Dr. Wouter Basson, a scientist allegedly employed by the apartheid government to create a "smart virus"...
Corporations and securities brief ~ Lay, Skilling trial judge eyes summer start for trial
Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the judge in the trial of former Enron Chairman Ken Lay and ex-Chief Executive Jeff Skilling is asking defense attorneys and prosecutors for...
FAA had at least 52 warnings prior to Sept. 11 attacks, report finds
The Federal Aviation Administration received numerous warnings of al-Qaida's hopes to hijack airplanes in the months prior to September 11, according to a previously unreleased report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States...
Nepalese king declares state of emergency after sacking government
After summoning the Prime Minister for an emergency meeting , Nepal's King Gyanendra sacked the country's government Tuesday and declared a state of emergency, cutting phone lines, shutting down the airport and sending armed...
Violence escalates on Iraq election eve, but leader hopes for two-thirds turnout
Insurgents attacked a police station Saturday in Khanaqin near the border with Iran, killing eight people and making a total of seventeen killed across the country on the eve of elections. The latest attacks came even as security forces...
Security measures in place for pending Iraqi election as attacks mount
Extra security measures running through Sunday's election came into force in Iraq Friday on a day when attacks on voting stations around Iraq resulted in 11 deaths. Driving of automobiles is now banned...
Iraq's Interior Minister Saturday announced additional security measures for the pending January 30 election as insurgent groups increased their attacks and vowed to disrupt the vote. Baghdad International Airport will now be closed from January 29-30, nighttime curfews already...
A former US Navy SEAL testifying Monday in the Article 32 military hearing of a fellow SEAL lieutenant said that on two separate occasions he witnessed SEALs and CIA officials abusing Iraqi prisoners,...
A former civilian Arabic translator at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp pleaded guilty Monday to charges of mishandling classified information and lying to investigators. Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, a naturalized US citizen of Egyptian origin, has been...