Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj Monday pleaded not guilty in his initial appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Haradinaj, who resigned his post and turning himself over to the court last...
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After questioning the rationale for continued use of capital punishment earlier this year, China has decided to reform but not eliminate the death penalty. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao announced the reforms Monday , which...
Abu Ali, a US citizen who allegedly joined al-Qaida while studying abroad in Saudi Arabia, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of providing material aid to terrorists . Ali, a former Virginia high school valedictorian, is accused...
After a Monday meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas , UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced that the UN will establish a register of property damage caused by the construction of Israel's two-year-old West Bank separation barrier [Israel...
The United Nations' Commission on Human Rights began its annual six-week session on Monday. This year's meeting may produce significant criticism of human rights abuses committed by the US against prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. Activist groups,...
Opposition members in Hong Kong's legislature expressed outrage Monday at the weekend announcement that the elected successor to Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong's former executive who resigned last Thursday , would only serve the remainder of Tung's...
The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe Monday quashed an order from the state Media Commission denying the independent newspaper Daily News a license to publish. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku advised the Harare paper, banned since September...
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party announced a draft bill Monday that would give the President of Taiwan the power to take action to "safeguard Taiwan's sovereignty and territory" - if necessary, without legislative approval. The draft legislation,...
Following up on a report submitted last week to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , the Israeli Cabinet Sunday agreed to remove the 24 Jewish outposts established on the Palestinian West Bank since Sharon took power in March 2001....
Gojko Jankovic, a Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader, was transferred to the detention facility for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Monday after surrendering to Serbian authorities over the weekend. Jankovic is accused of encouraging his...
