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...regret his diplomatic faux pas?though not enough to issue an apology?his comment was based on sound principles. At issue is one particular delivery known as the "doosra." It is Muralitharan's secret weapon, a slight-of-hand delivery only he can bowl. The International Cricket Council (ICC), after a series of biomechanic tests, ruled the delivery "illegal" and told Muralitharan to shelve it or face a 12-month ban from the game. Though he insists his action is legal and will be vindicated, Muralitharan has not bowled the doosra in a match since the verdict. Rajapakse has threatened...
...critical of Zimbabwe's human-rights record. And in South Africa two weeks ago the leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance Party, Tony Leon, asked the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into Mugabe's human-rights record. As of late last week Leon's office said the ICC had not responded. The morning after her first night of rape, three years ago, Debbie went to the camp commander to ask for medical help. She was punished for complaining. "He told me the rape is part of training," she says. Eight months later Debbie discovered she was pregnant; more...
More than 200 complaints have already been filed with the tribunal—whose jurisdiction is limited to 89 signatory nations—but neither Iraq nor the United States are accountable to the ICC because they have not ratified its establishment...
Although the Clinton Administration supported the ICC during its formative stages, President Bush has declined to sign on to the court, arguing that the tribunal may castigate American soldiers and military officials with unwarranted or overblown charges brought by countries harboring hostility towards the United States...
...Phillip B. Heymann a long-time friend of Moreno Ocampo who taught a class with him at HLS last semester, said that the visiting professor is an “excellent appointment,” and that because foreign ambassadors focused on selecting 18 judges for the ICC, Moreno Ocampo was not aware he was a top candidate until recently...