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Ethiopian to be charged with war crimes

Published: June 4, 2008 at 8:22 AMWASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- A Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee will be charged with war crimes for allegedly participating

U.N. Report Seeks Action To Address Food Crisis

In anticipation of a global summit on the food crisis, the United Nations called on world leaders Wednesday to agree to urgent measures to ease demand for ...

When Peacekeepers Prey on Children

Tuesday, May. 27, 2008By D.J. Siegelbaum/LondonThe charitable organization Save the Children UK effectively blew the whistle on itself and other aid organizations on Tuesday by ...

Christian Coptic church arose from Oriental Orthodox split in 451

Sat February 23, 2008By Andrew TevingtonOur FaithsQ:I saw a magazine article that mentioned discrimination against Coptic Christians in Egypt. Are Coptic Christians a separate church ...

Next Stage of Negotiations to Ban Cluster UN peacekeeping in line of fire

As diplomats at the United Nations prepare to sign off on the biggest peacekeeping budget in the organisation's history, concerns are being raised that the ...

U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S. from Monday

U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S. from Monday 16 May 2008 14:52:33 GMT Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, May 16 (Reuters) - A special U.N. ...

Death toll in China earthquake rises to 8,533

CHONGQING, China - A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 8,500 people, trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their ...

'Hundreds buried' by China quake

Almost 900 students are buried after an earthquake measuring 7.8 caused a building to collapse in south-western China, state media reports.President Hu Jintao urged "all-out" ...

Fritzl confesses to 'addiction'

Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who has admitted holding his daughter captive for 24 years, has said he was driven by an addiction that "got ...

Anger, despair in main Myanmar city as prices soar

YANGON (Reuters) - Anger and despair are growing among the 5 million residents of Myanmar's main city in the aftermath of the devastating Cyclone Nargis ...

Burmese prisoners 'executed after cyclone hit'

Thirty-six prisoners were shot dead at a notorious Burmese prison after Cyclone Nargis ripped through the country, it has been claimed. Soldiers and riot police opened ...

Myanmar: Death toll more than 10,000

YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 10,000 people, Myanmar's Foreign Ministry office said.Diplomats were summoned to a government ...

Incest father planned dungeon for years

VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had planned the construction of ...

Police: Austrian kids locked in basement, never saw sunlight

AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) — The children locked in the basement never saw the light of day for years. A retired electrician has confessed to imprisoning ...

Dungeon children speak in animal language

The Austrian children kept in a cellar for their entire lives speak their own language using animalistic noises rather than words. Stefan Fritzl, 18, and ...