Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said in a newspaper interview published Sunday that the Swiss government has asked the United States for information about 74 alleged CIA flights through Swiss airspace and several landings of CIA aircraft in Switzerland, although she added she had no proof that the flights were actual renditions or were otherwise [...]
Two Iraqi journalists working for Reuters were among 509 prisoners released from US military custody Sunday. The journalists, one a correspondent and the other a cameraman, had been stationed in the Sunni-dominated insurgency stronghold of Ramadi, and were freed from Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison after spending several months in detention there and at Camp Bucca [...]
An official with the Iraqi tribunal trying Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity confirmed Saturday that chief judge Rizgar Amin has in fact submitted his resignation. The resignation was originally reported late Friday but was subsequently disputed by two of Amin's colleagues . The court official said that attempts were underway to get Amin to [...]
DaimlerChrysler has suspended nine managers allegedly involved in the UN oil-for food scandal after a UN inquiry suspected them of paying bribes to secure business delivery trucks to the government of former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein . German prosecutors conducted their own investigation of DaimlerChrysler when the UN inquiry mentioned the sale of a vehicle [...]
Thousands of women marched in Milan Saturday, demanding that Italy keep a 1978 law that legalized abortion during the first three months of pregnancy. Police estimated that 50,000 people joined in the march to keep abortion legal, a topic that has not seen so much political action in Italy since a 1981 referendum supporting the [...]
President George W. Bush praised US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito as a “man of character and intelligence” during his Saturday radio address , saying the United States would be fortunate to have him on the bench. Focusing on Alito’s qualifications, Bush stressed his nominee's integrity and reiterated that he would not use his personal [...]
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) will wait for international monitors to finish their investigation of fraud complaints before it releases the results of the December 15 Iraqi parliamentary election . The International Mission for Iraqi Elections which began its investigation in the beginning of January is not expected to have a final report [...]
Swiss Senator Dick Marty , who has been investigating allegations of illegal renditions and secret detention centers in Europe sponsored by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) , said Friday that he was personally convinced that European secret service agencies have been complicit in the alleged CIA activities, but he lacks definite proof. Marty has [...]
The Tashkent City Court in Uzbekistan has ordered Washington DC-based pro-democracy group Freedom House to suspend its activities there for the next six months. The government alleges that the group, funded by US government and private sources, has provided public Internet access without a license and committed other violations of Uzbek laws, including administrative irregularities. [...]
Two judges sitting with Iraqi High Criminal Court judge Rizgar Amin , currently presiding over the Saddam Hussein trial , Saturday dismissed as "baseless" press reports that he would resign at the next sitting of the court on January 24. One judge who asked not to be named is currently working with Amin on Hussein's [...]
