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A new report by a UN Commission of Experts says Indonesia's efforts to examine atrocities committed in East Timor in 1999 was "manifestly inadequate" and show "scant respect for or conformity to relevant international standards,"...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, the South African National Assembly has approved the highly controversial national Children's Bill , nine years after its first introduction. The bill, which will be presented to the National Council of Provinces...

Leading Friday's international brief, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has said the the Khartoum government in Sudan has no choice but cooperate with the recently opened investigation by the International Criminal Court into...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, the leading opposition party in Zimbabwe , the Movement for Democratic Change has announced its intention to boycott the opening of the Zimbabwean Parliament Thursday morning by Zimbabwe President Robert...

Former US President Jimmy Carter closed a two-day human rights conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta Tuesday by saying that the US should close the Guantanamo Bay military prison camp and two...

Leading Friday's international brief, two recently released polls indicate that popular sentiment is heavily against the proposed EU constitution in the Netherlands . Polls by RTL Television and Centerdata both put the likely "no" vote on...

UN legal experts met with Indonesian leaders Thursday to launch an inquiry into the violence and pro-Indonesian militia killings that followed the 1999 independence vote in East Timor and eventually led to the territory's emergence...

An Indonesian appeals court has upheld a two-and-a-half year sentence for Abu Bakar Ba'asyir , convicted in March for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings . The defense argued that the conviction wasn't based...

Leading Thursday's international brief, King Gyanendra of Nepal has announced that municipal elections will be held within a year to restore the nation to a truly democratic state. Gyanendra, speaking at the Nepalese New Year...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, Enron Task Force prosecutors have asked US District Court Judge Sim Lake to move former Enron chief Ken Lay's trial date for personal banking...