New Orleans mayor quarantined in China — (CNN) — The mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been quarantined in China after possible exposure to the H1N1 virus, his office said Sunday. — Mayor Ray Nagin, who traveled to China on an economic development trip, flew on a plane that carried …
Clinton: Obama Has Passed ‘3a.m.’ Test — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said President Barack Obama has “absolutely” answered questions she posed during the Democratic campaign about his lack of experience and ability to handle an international crisis.
Palin Plagiarizes Gingrich in Anchorage Speech
Afghanistan to 'try criminal foreign troops' for war crimes --Nearly 150 civilians were killed when US warplanes dropped bombs last month on two villages. Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, has accused foreign troops based in the country of war crimes, urging a trial for the criminals. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul Sattar Khawaasi told reporters that 73 members of parliament are collecting documents regarding foreign troops' crimes and offences in Afghanistan. "The foreign troops came to the country claiming to bring security, but the crimes perpetrated by the them are not pardonable," he said. Khawaasi added that foreign troops based in Afghanistan have violated the Constitution as well as international agreements in more than 20 instances. In May, the Afghan parliament slammed the brutal bombardment of civilian areas by US-led forces, demanding legal restrictions on the activities of foreign forces.
Clinton: Obama Has Passed ‘3a.m.’ Test — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said President Barack Obama has “absolutely” answered questions she posed during the Democratic campaign about his lack of experience and ability to handle an international crisis.
Palin Plagiarizes Gingrich in Anchorage Speech
Afghanistan to 'try criminal foreign troops' for war crimes --Nearly 150 civilians were killed when US warplanes dropped bombs last month on two villages. Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, has accused foreign troops based in the country of war crimes, urging a trial for the criminals. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul Sattar Khawaasi told reporters that 73 members of parliament are collecting documents regarding foreign troops' crimes and offences in Afghanistan. "The foreign troops came to the country claiming to bring security, but the crimes perpetrated by the them are not pardonable," he said. Khawaasi added that foreign troops based in Afghanistan have violated the Constitution as well as international agreements in more than 20 instances. In May, the Afghan parliament slammed the brutal bombardment of civilian areas by US-led forces, demanding legal restrictions on the activities of foreign forces.
Israel facing hundreds of war crime lawsuits Israel could soon be charged with hundreds of war crimes as Palestinian lawyers file 936 lawsuits against the Israeli military five months after its three week war on Gaza. Head of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Iyad al-Alami, says the cases will soon be heard in Spain's National Court under universal jurisdiction, the pro-Israeli magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.
More than a third of cocaine smuggled into U.S. from Colombia travels in submersibles U.S. law enforcement officials say that more than a third of the cocaine smuggled into the United States from Colombia travels in submersibles. An experimental oddity just two years ago, these strange semi-submarines are the cutting edge of drug trafficking today. They ferry hundreds of tons of cocaine for Mexican cartels that are taking over the Pacific Ocean route for most northbound shipments, according to the Colombian navy... U.S. officials fear that the rogue vessels could be used by terrorists intent on reaching the United States with deadly cargos.
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