The US House of Representatives approved its version of the controversial military commissions bill Wednesday by a margin of 253-168 with 160 Democrats voting against the legislation. After passage, Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) combatively commended fellow Republicans for their efforts in pushing the legislation through:House Republicans have worked hard to create a system that will [...]

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Former Bosnian Serb parliamentary leader Momcilo Krajisnik was sentenced to 27 years' imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday for various war crimes related to his role in atrocities committed against Croats and Muslims during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. According to the official judgment summary , the ICTY found [...]

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Retired US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor warned Wednesday against growing efforts at "judicial intimidation" in the United States. In a Wall St. Journal op-ed O'Connor said that a recently-proposed South Dakota constitutional amendment to end judicial immunity, promoted in a what she called a "venomous" manner by a national group called JAIL 4 [...]

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A Belgrade court Wednesday began trial proceedings for ten Serbs charged with hiding former Bosnian Serb military chief and indicted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic and helping him evade prosecution by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The proceedings will most likely remain closed to the public because of the government's [...]

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