US troops open fire on rioting Iraqi prisoners, killing four
US Central Command said Monday that about 3000 Iraqi detainees held at the Camp Bucca detention facility in southern Iraq rioted shortly after Noon local time, and that the riot was...
US troops open fire on rioting Iraqi prisoners, killing four
US Central Command said Monday that about 3000 Iraqi detainees held at the Camp Bucca detention facility in southern Iraq rioted shortly after Noon local time, and that the riot was...
Last UN ballots delivered to Iraq polls before vote for constitutional assembly
US Central Command reported late Saturday that the last UN-made ballots, printed by a special process in Switzerland to reduce the threat of fraud, have been delivered to polling stations in Baghdad as Iraq prepares to conduct its first...
Douglas Berman :"With the exception of a powerful opinion column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (discussed here), I have not seen much examination of racial disparities in all the debate over possible responses to Blakely...
Corporations & securities brief ~ Republicans scrutinize Lenovo's purchase of IBM PC unit
In Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, the agreement by Lenovo , China's largest computer supplier, to takeover IBM's PC division for $1.75 billion is in jeopardy of falling apart as congressional Republicans...
Environmental brief ~ British company to ban smoking in 650 eateries
In Monday's environmental law news, British company JD Wetherspoon , owner of 650 restaurants and pubs, announced that it will be banning smoking in its establishments, with all of them becoming smoke-free by May 2006. The company has...
Iraq to arrest PM contender Chalabi for impugning defense minister
Iraq's interim defense minister said Friday that the government would arrest prominent Iraqi National Congress party leader Ahmad Chalabi after the end of the Muslim festival of Eid on Sunday for maligning him and the...
Following up a JURIST report from earlier today, US Central Command has now announced that Staff Sgt. Jonathan J. Alban-Cardenas has been convicted of one count of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder...
US cuts off aid to Serbia and Montenegro for lack of cooperation with ICTY
The United States has announced that it will withhold $10 million in aid to Serbia and Montenegro due to Belgrade's lack of cooperation with the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia ....
Court-martial begins for US soldier accused of murdering Iraqi
Court-martial proceedings began Friday for a US soldier charged with the murder of a wounded Iraqi teenager during a outbreak of violence in Baghdad last year. Staff Sgt. Cardenas Alban, of the 41st Infantry Regiment out of Fort Riley,...
Yanukovych files final election appeal with Ukrainian Supreme Court
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukoych Friday filed one last appeal over the December 26 presidential re-vote with the Ukrainian Supreme Court in a final legal bid to...