International brief ~ Fiji army threatens coup over rebel amnesty bill
Leading Wednesday's international brief, following a statement by military commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama , head of Fiji's military forces, that the army "will have no qualms about removing a government that will bring back chaos," Fiji Prime Minister...
Sudan's National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved a new constitution that moves the country away from pure Islamic rule. It provides that Islamic law will not be applied in largely Christian areas, generally in...
The appellate body of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that the Turkish trial of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan was unfair , stating that Ocalan was not...
Islamic militant on trial in Turkey denies plot to crash plane into Ataturk mausoleum
An Islamic militant on trial for treason Monday before a Turkish court denied involvement in a 1998 plan to crash an airplane into the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, expected to be crowded with visitors on the occasion of...
Morgan Tsvangiari, the leader of the Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was arrested and detained Saturday at Harare International Airport. Officials say he was released after a 20 minute detention. Tsvangiari, recently acquitted of treason, had...
International brief ~ UN panel affirms right to pre-emptive attack
The High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan filed a report Wednesday containing over 100 suggestions for improving the role of the UN in preventing and managing global conflicts. Significantly, the report...
