Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' rebels found guilty of war crimes

Three Sierra Leone rebel leaders were convicted today of war crimes including murder, rape and sexual enslavement. Issa Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao were all thought to have ordered their troops to cut off opponents' hands or other limbs to get their hands on what...

Baghdad hit by deadly car bomb

"A car bomb blew up in Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding four others, an Interior Ministry official said. The Sunday attack underscored the fragility of relative calm in the Iraqi capital; violence levels...

8 tourists killed in Egypt bus accident

UPDATE: 2:44 AM ESTThe BBC is reporting that eight people have died in the bus crash."Eight people have died after a bus carrying North American and European tourists crashed and caught fire in Egypt's Sinai...

Censorship: Eygptian Editor Charged for Saying Mubrak is Ill

It's often amazing to see how precarious the right to speak out is across the globe."The outspoken editor of an independent newspaper in Egypt is to stand trial on charges of spreading false information about President Hosni Mubarak. Ibrahim Issa, who edits al-Dustour, was...

House OKs Specialized Patent Judges

On the face of it, the ability to hand-ball patent cases to judges better versed in that particular facet of law is a good thing. In theory, it keeps often-technical decisions out of the hands of those who, for example, see the Internet as a series of tubes*. "The U.S. House...

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