Clinton expresses regret that US hasn’t joined international war crimes court

September 16th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The head of the UN fact-finding mission into last winter's Gaza war vehemently rejected Wednesday Israel's allegations against the report he wrote about the three weeks of fighting. Israel has reacted sharply to the critical report by South African justice Richard Goldstone, charging among others that the mission's mandate had been one-sided and its conclusions predetermined.

September 14th, 2009 War crimes court convicts journalist of contemptTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — The U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Monday found a former prosecution spokeswoman guilty of contempt for revealing confidential court decisions made by judges during the trial of Serbia's ex-President Slobodan Milosevic.

September 9th, 2009 ICC prosecutor eyeing war crimes in AfghanistanUNITED NATIONS — The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court says he is collecting information on possible war crimes by NATO forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Luis Moreno Ocampo says he also is conducting preliminary investigations on possible war crimes in Georgia, Colombia, Kenya and by Israeli forces in Gaza.

September 9th, 2009 Prosecutor eyeing war crimes in AfghanistanUNITED NATIONS — The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Wednesday he is collecting information on possible war crimes by NATO forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Luis Moreno Ocampo said he is also conducting preliminary inquiries on possible war crimes in Georgia, Colombia, Kenya, Ivory Coast, and by Israeli forces in Gaza.

August 11th, 2009 In Mexico, challenge of military courts failsMEXICO CITY — Mexico's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the practice of allowing military courts to judge soldiers involved in crimes against civilians. The court says it rejected an appeal by a woman whose husband was shot by soldiers in northern Sinaloa state in 2008 because she lacks legal standing to file the appeal.

August 6th, 2009 Clinton recalls US embassy attacks in AfricaNAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday honored the victims of the deadly 1998 al-Qaida-linked attacks on the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

July 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Lord Nazir Ahmed has said that former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf could be tried for 'war crimes' in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Lord Nazir , who became UK's first Muslim life peer in 1998, said that a case can be lodged in the international court of justice against the former Pakistani president Talking to media persons here, Lord Nazir said members of the House of Lords, lawyers and various people were gathering proof against Musharraf so that he could be tried in London.

July 29th, 2009 China says death penalty to be used more sparinglyBEIJING — The highest court in China, which executes more people than any other country, has called for the death penalty to be used less often and for only the most serious criminal cases, state media reported Wednesday. The remarks indicate that the Supreme People's Court, which reviews all death sentences from lower courts before they are carried out, could overturn more of them.

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Citing the dramatic confession of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai terrorist, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said good education and jobs were the ways to keep people from turning to terrorism. "We have to make sure people do get a good education; we have to make sure that people do have jobs.

July 16th, 2009 Va. paper expresses regret for backing segregationRICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia newspaper expressed regret Thursday for supporting a systematic campaign by the state's white political leaders to maintain separate public schools for blacks and whites in the 1950s.

July 13th, 2009 Uganda willing to arrest al-Bashir for war crimesKAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda said Monday it would arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he enters the country, an unusual stance after a summit of African leaders denounced the international arrest warrant against al-Bashir. Henry Oryem Okello, Uganda's minister for international affairs, spoke after meeting with the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, in Kampala.

May 9th, 2009 Croatian lawmaker convicted of war crimesZAGREB, Croatia — A Croatian court has convicted an opposition lawmaker of war crimes, making him the first senior politician from the country to be held responsible for wartime atrocities against Serbs. Branimir Glavas was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for war crimes against civilians.

May 6th, 2009 Clinton: US regrets loss of life in AfghanistanWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration "deeply, deeply" regrets the loss of innocent life apparently as the result of a U.S. bombing in Afghanistan and will undertake a full review of the incident.

May 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US are facing a common threat. The United States deeply regrets the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan, she said at a joint press conference with President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai "I wish to express my personal regret and certainly the sympathy of our administration on the loss of civilian life in Afghanistan," The News quoted Clinton, as saying.

May 4th, 2009 War crimes court: No early acquittal for TaylorTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — War crimes judges say they have dismissed a motion to acquit former Liberian President Charles Taylor because he may have been responsible for mass murder, rape and mutilations in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. The decision by the Special Court for Sierra Leone means Taylor must now present his defense on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the West African nation.