Radovan Karadicz was arrested on a bus in Belgrade in July 2008. It was the end of a long hunt by NATO to capture him. Initally Karadicz was believed to be hiding in the Serb town of Pale, just...
Global warming is a hot issue. Are we indeed the ones that destroy the Earth with our CO2 gas emission and whatever sins we commit? Don’t worry it is hype, political motivated and carried on by activist...
On July 11, 2009, the people of Srebrenica marked the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre--later deemed the Srebrenica Genocide--in which Bosnian forces invaded the town in eastern Bosnia and killed...
created by cyn.khoo | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago 147 views | 12 recommendations | 6 comments
" LTTE Supporters Set Fire to Toronto Maha Vihara " May 16, 2009 03:02 pm Toronto Mahavihara inScarborough has been set on fire by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supporters a...
The most disgusting and omnipresent cliché in journalism right now is "harsh" as a word to describe "torture, as in "harsh interrogation" (WaPost)and"harsh methods" (NYT).Look up the phrase"harsh interrogation"and you'll find it 247,000 times at Google. Look up "harsh...
opinion by francislholland | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 209 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
The title of my recent article on Obama and the torture memos was an example of hyperbolic sarcasm. The article made it clear that the title "Obama Should Pardon the War Crimes Committed Under Bush" - was not intended as a statement of my opinion, but rather as a...
'Let's Forgive and Forget' President Barack Obama has released the "Torture Memos" that make it clear that it was the policy of the Bush Administration, including George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumseld, the military and the CIA to torture prisoners, even though...
opinion by francislholland | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 439 views | 26 recommendations | 9 comments
A Dutch MP who described the Koran as a "fascist book" has been banned from entering the UK amid fears his presence would endanger public security.
Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders says he will go to...
created by Sanjay Jha | 47 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago 179 views | 16 recommendations | 7 comments
The U.S. terror war as seen through the eyes of a prisoner khalid awan
When we first began corresponding with Khalid Awan in 2007, we had no idea why he was serving time in U.S. federal prison. We soon discovered Awan was one of the first of thousands of Muslims taken...
created by Arifmuhammad41 | 49 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 589 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment
A militia leader from the Congo faces charges of training child soldiers as the first permanent war crimes tribunal begins. Thomas Lubanga was the former head of the Union of Congolese Patriots and is accused of...
Despite an investigation which the Israeli military announced this week into the use of white phosphorous in Gaza since 2006, international efforts to bring those responsible for the recent events have not...
created by rahul | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago 180 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
The Dutch secretary of Foreign Affairs mr. Maxime Verhagen has opened the first joined diplomatic course for eleven Israeli and ten Palestinian youngsters. It is the first time for both people to follow such a...
created by eluxzen | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 76 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The exhibition of "oh oh Den Haag" (oh oh the Hague) in the Hague Historical Museum is a very fascinating exhibition of Dutch classical arts. It shows city views from the 16th till the 19th century. From the...
opinion by eluxzen | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 102 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Corporate and independent news services have been all a-buzz now that Radovan Karadzic has finally been brought to The Hague to stand trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity after hiding in plain sight for...
created by DCR | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 178 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments