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Swiss government presses US for CIA flights information
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 (More) |
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Ukraine justice minister says no-confidence vote illegal
Ukrainian Justice Minister Serhiy Holovaty said in a statement Thursday that the Ukrainian parliament's dismissal of the government earlier this week was illegal because the vote did not meet the necessary two-thirds majority. On Tuesday Holova (More) |
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Ukraine justice minister predicts 'legal chaos' after no-confidence vote
Ukraine Justice Minister Serhiy Holovatyi on Tuesday warned that the country was plunging into "legal chaos" after the Ukrainian Parliament voted to fire Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov's government in a no-confidence motion . The pa (More) |
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Leaked document suggests Swiss knew of secret CIA prisons
Swiss intelligence agents have been aware of secret CIA prisons in eastern Europe for nearly two months, according to documents leaked to the Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick . According to SonntagsBlick, Swiss military intelligence agents used sat (More) |
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Police accused of murdering Ukraine journalist stand trial
The trial of three former police officers for the murder of prominent Ukraine opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze has begun in Kiev. Valeriy Kostenko, Mykola Protasov and Oleksandr Popovych are accused of carrying out the killing in September 20 (More) |
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Yushchenko considering referendum on pending constitutional changes
Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday spoke out against pending constitutional changes that will lead, in his opinion, to an "unbalanced and ineffective government", and suggested a national referendum to decide the matter. The c (More) |
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US judge orders deportation of accused Nazi prison guard
US Chief Immigration Judge Michael Creppy ruled Wednesday that John Demjanjuk , a retired auto worker living in Cleveland who is accused of having been a Nazi prison camp guard, should be deported to his native Ukraine, Germany or Poland, rejecting (More) |
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Russian prosecutors drop charges against former Ukraine PM
Russian military prosecutors said Monday that they had dropped charges against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; BBC profile], accused of offering bribes to Russian Defense Department officials while managing Ukra (More) |
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Russian NGO bill gets second approval in Duma
Russia's Duma , the lower house of parliament, approved on Wednesday a much-criticized bill restricting NGO activity by 376-10 on its second reading. The bill would create a government agency with broad power to monitor and regulate NGOs though (More) |
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Belarus legislation to curb dissent condemned by rights groups, opposition
Opposition activists and human rights groups have condemned the restrictive amendments to Belarus' Criminal Code that were passed unanimously by the country's upper house of parliament. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
