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- French minister denies under age sex
- Frédéric Mitterrand , French culture minister was at the centre of a political storm yesterday over admissions that he paid for sex with "boys" in Thailand.The revelations resurfaced after Mr Mitterrand expressed support for Roman Polanski , the film director and confessed child abuser, who was arrested in Switzerland...
- External links 2009-10-08
- Supreme Court to hear appeal by Enron chief
- The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Jeffrey -Skilling's appeal over his criminal conviction in the Enron case.The decision raises the prospect that yet another verdict in the government's five-year investigation into criminal activity at the Houston energy company could be overturned.Mr Skilling, Enron's former chief executive, was...
- External links 2009-10-13
- Top executives arrested in Italy wind farm probe
- Italian finance police, mounting an operation code named "Gone with the wind", yesterday said they had arrested two of the country's most prominent businessmen in the wind energy sector.Police said the charges related to fraud involved in obtaining public subsidies to construct wind farms. They are also investigating the...
- External links 2009-11-11
- Top executives arrested in Italy wind farm probe
- Italian finance police, mounting an operation codenamed "Gone with the wind", yesterday said they had arrested two of the country's most prominent businessmen in the wind energy sector on charges of fraud and are investigating their sales of wind farms to foreign companies.Oreste Vigorito, head of the IVPC energy...
- News items 2009-11-11
- Hungarian executive held in European gas market dispute
- The row over a Hungarian gas distribution company with links to the Russian and Ukrainian energy business has deepened with the arrest of the company's top manager on suspicion of serious fraud.Hungarian police confirmed that officers last week raided the headquarters of Emfesz and later arrested Istvan G by...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Fraud spotlight on Hollywood
- Hollywood studios and film producers are set to face increasing scrutiny from anti-fraud officials, as a result of a trial involving incidents in Bangkok that could have repercussions across the entertainment sector.Gerald Green, an American film producer, and his wife, Patricia, are alleged to have -violated the US Foreign...
- External links 2009-08-09
- Honduras forces break up rally
- Honduran security forces, backed by armoured cars firing water cannon and launching tear gas, broke up a crowd of hundreds of supporters welcoming back Manuel Zelaya, the deposed president, yesterday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.The crowds had gathered outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where...
- External links 2009-09-22
- Facebook shuts down Obama assassination poll
- Facebook on Monday disabled a third-party application that asked whether users thought US President Barack Obama should be assassinated.Facebook and the US Secret Service said they were working together to investigate who published the poll, but a Secret Service spokesman declined to say whether they had located the author...
- External links 2009-09-28
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- Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity is Topic of Panel Discussion March 30 at New York Law School
- On Dec. 10, 2003, the Iraqi Governing Council announced the creation of the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity to try Iraqi nationals and residents accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and certain other crimes under IraOn Dec. 10, 2003, the Iraqi Governing Council announced the creation...
- Research articles 2004-03-25
- DTN News: Palestinians Vow New Push For War Crimes Report
- DTN News: Palestinians Vow New Push For War Crimes Report *Source: DTN News / Int'l Media By Amy Teibel NSI News Source Info JERUSALEM, Israel - October 12, 2009: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he is pushing for a vote on a United Nation's report that...
- News items 2009-10-12
- MTV: Music Television.(to air documentary on discrimination-based crimes)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK - MTV: Music Television will debut an MTV News documentary series chronicling issues that surround discrimination-based crimes. The five part-series will examine true-life crimes rooted in some form of prejudice, ... NEW YORK - MTV: Music Television...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- UN accuses DR Congo militia of war crimes
- KINSHASA AFP — The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo accused militia forces of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Ituri region after nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed there. "After committing war crimes against our soldiers when they finished off wounded ones, they the militia...
- Research articles 2005-03-02
- Former Bosnian Serb minister pleads not guilty to war crimes charges
- SARAJEVO AFP — A one-time minister in the government of the wanted Bosnian Serb war leader Radovan Karadzic has pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes at the start of Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Momcilo Mandic, justice minister in Karadzic's government, was indicted earlier this month by the war...
- Research articles 2006-07-25
- Liberia's Taylor goes on trial for war crimes
- THE HAGUE AFP — The war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, accused of controlling rebel groups in neighbouring Sierra Leone that went on a blood diamond-financed rampage of rape and mutilation, starts here Monday. The first African head of state to go on trial for war...
- Research articles 2007-06-03
- Top Khmer Rouge leader charged with war crimes
- PHNOM PENH AFP — The Khmer Rouge's most senior surviving leader Nuon Chea was formally charged Wednesday with war crimes and crimes against humanity, a spokesman for Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal said. "The co-investigating judges charged him with crimes against humanity and also with war crimes," spokesman Reach Sambath...
- Research articles 2007-09-19
- Newly Formed R2P Coalition Celebrates First Anniversary of Adoption of ''Responsibility to Protect'' and Launches American Assault Against Atrocity Crimes
- CHICAGO -- Chicago Businessman Leads Blue-Ribbon Group of Philanthropic, Human Rights, Academic and Religious Leaders to Abolish Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes An organized effort to convince America's citizens and leaders to reestablish their country's moral authority in the world by abolishing genocide, crimes against humanity and...
- Research articles 2006-09-12
- Statement on Senate Action on Hate Crimes Legislation - Transcript - Brief Article
- June 20, 2000 Today the Senate held a historic and long-overdue vote on hate crimes legislation. I applaud the Senate for passing this crucial measure, and recognize the efforts of Senator Kennedy on this important issue. This amendment recognizes that hate crimes are different from other crimes. When Americans...
- Research articles 2000-06-26
- BOSNIA: NATO FORCES ARREST BOSNIAN SERB ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES.
- SFOR troops arrested Dragoljub Prcac near Prijedor on 5 March and transferred him to the war crimes tribunal at The Hague. NATO said in a statement that the arrest marks "another step in NATO's drive to arrest the remaining war crimes indictees. SFOR troops arrested Dragoljub...
- Research articles 2000-03-07
- Bosnian Serb police detain eight war crimes suspects
- BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina AFP — Bosnian Serb police detained eight suspects wanted by the UN war crimes court, the first such arrests since the end of the 1992-95 conflict, police and court sources said. "Republika Srpska police detained eight people who figure on the UN war crimes court's wanted...
- Research articles 2004-11-15
- Hate crimes up slightly in US in 2003: FBI
- WASHINGTON AFP — The number of hate crimes rose slightly in 2003, with a total of 7,489 incidents on record, according to an FBI report released. The FBI noted that the number of crimes in 2002 against people of a certain race, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity, and against...
- Research articles 2004-11-23
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