1) For the 19th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly voted this week almost unanimously to express its opposition to what?
Prosecutors in the long-awaited war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic said they will push ahead Tuesday, though the Bosnian Serb leader is expected to be a no-show once again.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has successfully brought dozens of war criminals to justice, but a "truth commission" is still necessary if the region's ethnic factions are ever to achieve lasting reconciliation, according to a former legal adviser to the court.
U.N. judges adjourned the long-awaited war-crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic on Monday after the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to appear on the opening day.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic intends to skip the start of his war crimes trial because he says he has had too little time to prepare, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Thursday.
The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is set to begin October 26, the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague said Friday.
The ambassadors of eight Western nations urged Japan on Friday to consider signing The Hague Convention on international child abduction.
On your next trip, you could be checking into a wine cask, a salvaged 727 airplane, or a room where the furniture defies the law of gravity.
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says he has evidence to prove Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is guilty of genocide, even though he is not charged with the crime.
Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba is Monday due to appear before the International Criminal Court, where he faces war crimes charges of rape, torture and pillaging during civil war in the African republic.
1) For the 19th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly voted this week almost unanimously to express its opposition to what?
Prosecutors in the long-awaited war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic said they will push ahead Tuesday, though the Bosnian Serb leader is expected to be a no-show once again.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has successfully brought dozens of war criminals to justice, but a "truth commission" is still necessary if the region's ethnic factions are ever to achieve lasting reconciliation, according to a former legal adviser to the court.
U.N. judges adjourned the long-awaited war-crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic on Monday after the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to appear on the opening day.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic intends to skip the start of his war crimes trial because he says he has had too little time to prepare, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Thursday.
The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is set to begin October 26, the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague said Friday.
The ambassadors of eight Western nations urged Japan on Friday to consider signing The Hague Convention on international child abduction.
On your next trip, you could be checking into a wine cask, a salvaged 727 airplane, or a room where the furniture defies the law of gravity.
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says he has evidence to prove Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is guilty of genocide, even though he is not charged with the crime.
Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba is Monday due to appear before the International Criminal Court, where he faces war crimes charges of rape, torture and pillaging during civil war in the African republic.
The actress/activist attends the trial of a Congolese warlord who allegedly recruited child soldiers
A Sudanese rebel commander accused of responsibility for the deadliest attack on African Union peacekeepers in Darfur faced an International Criminal Court hearing Monday.
This month 'The Screening Room' looks at films from the frontline: film makers who have struggled under difficult and often dangerous conditions to finish their stories on the battle to protect human rights.
Afghan soldiers killed 20 armed militants in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Thursday.
The United Nations Sunday launched a special tribunal to prosecute the assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The tribunal established to prosecute people allegedly responsible for the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others will officially convene at The Hague in Netherlands on Sunday.
Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic was Thursday found not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Kosovo by a U.N. tribunal.
A former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo will go on trial later this month, charged with drafting children to fight for his militia's military wing. It will be the first trial held by the International Criminal Court.
Letters containing white powder were mailed to 16 U.S. embassies across Europe, according to the State Department on Wednesday.
The International Court of Justice plans to rule on whether to order Russia to take immediate steps to halt what Georgia calls ethnic cleansing in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Former Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic refused to enter a plea Friday on war crimes and genocide charges, leading the judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to enter a plea of "not guilty" on his behalf.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is scheduled to enter pleas Friday at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to 11 charges that include genocide and crimes against humanity
A plea in the case of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader accused of war crimes, will be entered next week, the tribunal at The Hague said on Friday.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was in U.N. custody at The Hague on Wednesday, preparing for his first court appearance more than 13 years after he was first indicted for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
The lawyer of former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic was expected to launch an appeal Friday to block his client's extradition to The Hague to face an international war crimes tribunal.
Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, who has been indicted on war crimes charges, plans to defend himself in front of a U.N. tribunal, his lawyer said.
The arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic is an important step in the reconciliation process in the Balkans, Christiane Amanpour, CNN senior international correspondent, says.
It is now remembered as the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
The arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, offers a clear indication of Serbia's shift towards the West in recent months after years as an international pariah even with Belgrade still at odds with the international community over the status of the breakaway province of Kosovo.
Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic is in custody in Belgrade, Serbia, and will soon be handed over to an international war crimes tribunal at The Hague, Netherlands, to face charges over his alleged role in Balkans war atrocities.
Serbia's war crimes prosecutor says a judge has ordered ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's transfer to the UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands
The U.N.'s highest court is ruling Wednesday on an emergency Mexican appeal to block the execution of its citizens on death row in the United States
An International Criminal Court prosecutor is expected to seek an arrest warrant charging Sudan's president with genocide and crimes against humanity on Monday when he reveals details of his investigation into war crimes in Darfur
U.N. officials and diplomats said the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant Monday charging Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur
Over the next few days, as we waited for the government to decide whether or not to let us into Darfur, we did the rounds of aid agencies -- UNHCR, WFP, OCHA.
An ex-rebel leader who served as a vice president of Congo was arrested near Brussels, Belgium on Saturday on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to International Criminal Court.
The son of the Dutch defense chief was killed Friday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, and the Taliban claimed they deliberately made the young lieutenant a high-profile target
A Dutch court has refused to ban a lawmaker's Internet film criticizing the Quran
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In his victory speech Monday incumbent Serb leader Boris Tadic made it clear he sees his country's future lying within the EU.
UEFA have asked police organization Europol to investigate 15 cases of suspected matchfixing officials confirmed in Lucerne on Saturday.
A former Congolese militia leader suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity made his first appearance at the International Criminal Court at The Hague Monday.
Former Serbian officer Vlastimir Djordjevic, accused of war crimes during the 1999 crackdown on Kosovo Albanians, was arrested in Montenegro, a court official has told CNN.
Twenty-six Bosnian Serb refugees are in custody after a series of raids around the United States targeting people who served in Bosnian Serb military units that attacked Muslims. Officials say three others remain at large.
Ajax Amsterdam lost ground in the Dutch title race when they were held 1-1 at home by Twente Enschede on Sunday.
Ajax Amsterdam striker Ryan Babel will be out of action for a month after a medical exam revealed that he has badly damaged knee ligaments after being injured during a weekend league match against FC Groningen.
Royal KPN ranks no. 457 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $14.8 billion in revenues. The The Hague, Netherlands-based company was ranked no. 418 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $1.8 billion, down 5% from a year earlier.
The U.N. war crimes tribunal has convicted former Bosnian Serb parliamentary speaker Momcilo Krajisnik of war crimes and sentenced him to 27 years in prison, but cleared him of genocide charges.
AEGON N.V. ranks no. 149 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $37.7 billion in revenues, up 6.3% from the previous year. The The Hague, Netherlands-based company was ranked no. 136 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $3.4 billion, up 64.1% from a year earlier. 2005 was a banner year for most Global 500 companies.
Royal Dutch Shell ranks no. 3 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $306.7 billion in revenues, up 14.2% from the previous year. The The Hague, Netherlands-based company was ranked no. 4 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $25.3 billion, up 39.2% from a year earlier. 2005 was a banner year for most Global 500 companies.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor spent his first night in a Dutch prison as prosecutors prepared to move quickly to bring him to trial on 11 war crimes charges.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor arrived Tuesday in the Netherlands, where he will stand trial on 11 war crimes charges, an International Criminal Court spokeswoman said.
The European Union says it has broken off talks on closer ties with Serbia after it failed to meet its deadline to hand over the fugitive war crimes suspect Gen. Ratko Mladic.
PSV Eindhoven beat RBC Roosendaal 2-1 on Saturday to move within a point of the Dutch title and sending their opponents down to the second flight.
A U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone has asked the Dutch government to stage the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in the Netherlands, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said Thursday, and the government has set conditions for that to happen.
Slobodan Milosevic's son said Tuesday that the former Yugoslav president had been murdered at the detention center of the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
Slobodan Milosevic's son Marko has arrived in the Netherlands to claim the remains of the late Yugoslav leader.
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial in The Hague, Netherlands, had just entered its fifth year when he was found dead Saturday in his cell.
Former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was regarded as the chief architect of the carnage unleashed during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Authorities with the U.N. war crimes tribunal are investigating the death of Slobodan Milosevic after the former Yugoslav president was found dead Saturday morning in his cell in The Hague, Netherlands. He was 64.
Milan Babic, the leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia and one-time president of the Croatian Serbs in the 1990s, has committed suicide in his cell at a U.N. detention facility where he was serving a 13-year term for war crimes, officials said.
It is now remembered as the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.
Top war crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic remains at large despite rumors of his capture, according to the United Nations chief prosecutor.
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The Dutch government is testing a mobile phone danger alert system that sends text messages to people who could be affected by natural disasters or terrorist attacks.
Dutch authorities detained seven terrorist suspects believed to be plotting attacks on politicians and the bombing of a government building, officials said.
A decision by cycling's world governing body to drop two track events to make way for BMX at the 2008 Bejing Olympics has been panned by the British and Australian federations.
A Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect wanted in connection with the notorious Srebrenica massacre 10 years ago surrendered Thursday to the war crimes tribunal at The Hague, the tribunal announced.
Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova has escaped unhurt after a dustbin exploded as his car drove past in the capital Pristina.
Dutch police say they have raided a suspected paramilitary training ground for Kurdish militants in the southern Netherlands, arresting 29 people.
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been given the right to lead his own defense case after appealing against the imposition of defense lawyers, The Hague tribunal said.
Two court-appointed lawyers for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic have asked to be dismissed from his case.
Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven's match at ADO Den Haag was abandoned after 80 minutes with PSV 2-0 ahead when referee Rene Temmink took exception to anti-semitic insults aimed at him from the home crowd.
Following are some key facts about the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
War crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic is believed to be holed up in the border regions of Serbia and Bosnia, Serbia's pro-Western president is reported to have said.
The U.N. war crimes tribunal cut former Bosnian Croat General Tihomir Blaskic's 45-year jail sentence to nine years on appeal on Thursday, acquitting him of more than a dozen ethnic cleansing charges from the Bosnian war.
The U.N. High Representative to Bosnia Wednesday sacked 60 high-level Serb officials because they failed to arrest suspected war criminals, calling their lack of action a "sustained, long-term, gross refusal."
Israel's high court ruled Wednesday that a section of the West Bank security barrier under construction must be rerouted to avoid infringing on the lives of 35,000 Palestinians, according to an abstract of the court ruling.
Anglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch/Shell Group, grappling with a number of investigations into its energy-reserves accounting, said it reassigned the top financial executive at its exploration-and-production business, Thursday's Wall Street Journal reported.
Royal Dutch/Shell Group's guidelines on accounting for natural-gas reserves were relaxed as early as the mid-1990s, a move that appears to have played a role in Shell's overstatement of its energy holdings, Thursday's Wall Street Journal reported.
Prosecutors have abruptly closed their case against Slobodan Milosevic amid concerns over the resignation of the presiding judge and delays caused by the former Yugoslav president's health.
A hearing to challenge the construction of the separation barrier along the border between Israel and the West Bank has opened in the Israeli Supreme Court.
A senior U.N. prosecutor has said a lack of political will by the West means genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic is unlikely ever to be arrested.
Fans of Radovan Karadzic have taunted NATO after a failed manhunt for the genocide suspect, saying "our people" would keep him from the clutches of the West.
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