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In Somalia, even the dead don't rest in peace. Masked gunmen, allegedly in league with the powerful Islamic courts in Mogadishu, the capital, recently laid waste to an Italian colonial cemetery. After breaking open the tombs and pulling up the coffins, they dumped the human remains near the city...
in failing to report activities to the IAEA than concealment." - By Andrew Purvis Terror Trial FRANCE Six suspected al-Qaeda operatives accused of plotting to attack U.S. targets in France in 2001 went on trial in Paris. Police said that alleged ringleader Djamel Beghal had confessed to planning to blow...
Yesterday, Chile’s Court of Appeals upheld the decision, made last week by Santiago judge Juan Guzmán, to indict former dictator Augusto Pinochet for allegedly ordering the kidnapping of nine people and the murder of another, between 1976 and 1977. While it is absolutely laudable that...
There’s just one small problem: Gen. Pinochet might actually be medically unfit to stand trial. The former president, who suffers from diabetes and arthritis and who has been diagnosed with “moderate dementia,” took ill on Saturday after reportedly suffering a stroke...
It is no wonder that Fallujah is a murderously dangerous city to fight in [Nov. 22]. Killing has become a day-to-day occurrence in Iraq. Saddam Hussein was a ruthless dictator, but at least he controlled the Iraqi people and the level of violence in the country. What is...