International court charges Sudan president with genocide

International court charges Sudan president with genocide

International court charges Sudan president with genocide

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 01:10 PM PDT

The International Criminal Court's judges on Monday charged Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with orchestrating a bloody campaign of genocide against Darfur's three main ethnic groups, the first time the Hague-based court has accused a sitting head of state of committing the most egregious...


Sudan - Africa - International Criminal Court - War crime - Omar al-Bashir


Officials Euthanize Nearly 400 Geese From Prospect Park

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Nearly 400 geese and goslings are removed -- permanently -- from Prospect Park as part of a program after Flight 1549, its engines hit by birds, splashed down in the Hudson River.

Desperate Addicts Inject Others’ Blood

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:40 PM PDT

A frightening and dangerous practice, called flashblood or sometimes flushblood, has been documented by researchers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the island of Zanzibar and in Mombasa, Kenya.

Gunman kills five in New Mexico

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 01:01 PM PDT

An armed man opens fire in an office building in the US state of New Mexico, killing five people before shooting himself.


Joy into sorrow

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:26 AM PDT

Twin blasts shatter Uganda's World Cup party


At BP, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:31 PM PDT

In pursuit of growth and profits, BP has taken monumental risks and suffered the consequences. But its record shows that it has been unable or unwilling to learn from its expensive mistakes.

Anglicans yet to end women bishops rift : Williams

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:22 PM PDT

YORK, England (Reuters) - The Church of England moved a step closer on Monday to ordaining women as bishops, but deep divisions remained which could threaten their consecration or lead to a split between liberals and traditionalists.

China Fortifies Disclosure Rules

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:55 AM PDT

China's government expanded rules on disclosure of personal wealth by officials and their families, but stopped short of popular calls to make such disclosures public.


Three Britons sentenced in trans-Atlantic jet bombing plot

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:16 AM PDT

Three Britons recruited as suicide bombers in an al Qaeda-inspired 2006 plot to blow up airliners as they were flying across the Atlantic were sentenced Monday to life in prison, with a minimum of 20 years.

Eight injured in German tornado

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:12 PM PDT

Eight people are injured after a tornado hits a German island in the North Sea, after a heat-wave lasting days.


Fitch Removes Argentina's Default Rating on Debt Swap

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Fitch Ratings responded to Argentina's recently reopened swap with the holders of the country's defaulted foreign bond by removing a "restricted default" rating on the country's sovereign debt and upgrading it.


Sarkozy backs cash-row minister

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:39 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the minister at the centre of a furore over alleged illegal political donations will not resign.


Israeli bill that could limit recognized conversions moves forward

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:20 PM PDT

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli parliamentary committee on Monday advanced a bill that could lead to conversions to Judaism performed by rabbis from the Reform and Conservative movements no longer being recognized in Israel.


Middle East - Israel - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine - Arts and Entertainment


Police attacked at march protest

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Petrol bombs are thrown as riot police attempt to remove protesters blocking a road ahead of an Orange march in north Belfast.


Israel made mistakes in Turkish ship raid, panel finds

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:30 AM PDT

JERUSALEM -- An internal Israeli review of the navy's raid against a Turkish aid ship faulted planners Monday for not formulating alternative plans and concluded that the agencies involved should have shared intelligence more efficiently before the operation.



Israel - Middle East - Gaza - Subsystems - Storage


Sarkozy urges "cleared" minister to quit as treasurer

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:17 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged a minister at the center of a furor over alleged illegal political donations to step down as treasurer of his ruling UMP party, but said he had been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Israeli Military Finds Flotilla Killings Justified

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:20 AM PDT

The takeover was plagued by errors of planning, but the killings were justified, the investigation concluded.

Bucking a Trend, Panasonic Keeps Its Product Line Broad

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:07 AM PDT

Critics say the Japanese manufacturer is losing markets to more focused and agile companies.

Iraq Parliament Delay May Be Flouting Constitution

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:51 AM PDT

Under the Constitution a new president should be chosen within 30 days of parliament's first session, which occurred June 14.

Sports of The Times: Who Really Won in South Africa?

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:30 AM PDT

Now that the World Cup has ended, the hard questions that were raised by community activists beforehand are back: Who won? Who lost?

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