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...Sudan A Waltz with Bashir Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir brazenly defied an international warrant for his arrest by embarking on a six-country regional tour. Several leaders expressed solidarity with al-Bashir during a March 30 Arab League summit in Qatar and accused the International Criminal Court--which on March 4 charged him with committing war crimes in Darfur--of placing a double standard on Arab countries...
...even if Prabhakaran could get out, few countries would be willing to accept the LTTE leader. "It is very unlikely that any country will offer asylum to Prabhakaran, as he has an indictment and arrest warrant against him in India and Sri Lanka," Jayasekara says. The Indian government has accused Prabhakaran of ordering the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. "It is more likely that Prabhakaran will get his children out of Sri Lanka to provide inspirational support in the future. The entire family of [Prabhakaran's wife] Madhivadini is in Denmark, and the children will have...
...frank way in which it raises the issue of religious objections to gay marriage. As the Supreme Court did in Lawrence v. Texas, its seminal 2003 ruling striking down sodomy laws, the Iowa court says that mere moral opprobrium or deeply held values are not enough to warrant legal sanctions or the denial of legal rights. The court then subtly raises the issue of religious opposition to gay marriage, even though the legal briefs by the other side...
Although the critics who oppose the university’s choice to honor Barack Obama might be misguided in their complaints, they warrant our reasoned skepticism, not our total disbelief. How soon have we forgotten how it feels to be expected to honor a president whose personal convictions and political maneuvers run so contrary to our morals...
...fresh evidence emerges, a new arrest warrant can be issued against Hassan and Abbas O. anytime within the next 10 years, the statute of limitations for burglary cases. Police will continue to keep an eye on them, hoping to be led to the loot. But with the brothers' arrest warrants suspended, they are free to travel, and the authorities cannot tap their phone lines or keep tabs on their bank accounts...