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Life Sentence for Argentine's Ex-Army Chief
Former commander of the regional Third Army Corps in Cordoba, Luciano Benjamin Menendez, was given a life sentence for committing 'dirty crimes' during the military dictatorship of Argentina."A court in Argentina...Ex-mayor who lied about Army record to face judge
" Robert Levy's record in the Vietnam War was impressive: two Army tours and several honors, including a Bronze Star. It just wasn't as impressive as he claimed. Decades of lies caught up with him when he was...
Karadzic Grew Long White Beard and Hid in Plain Sight
As NowPublic reported yesterday, Radovan Karadzic, the accused mastermind of crimes of genocide in Bosnia during the mid 1990s, was able to evade capture for a decade, after growing a long white beard that made him... Who Is the San Francisco Hacker?
"San Francisco Department of Technology employee Terry Childs was in a jail cell Friday, accused of illegally locking out fellow authorized network administrators from the city computer network he helped build. But as the case against Childs entered its sixth day, questions...Leaders to admit E Timor abuses
Finally truth has prevailed upon the leaders of Indonesia. After many years of Independence of Est Timor Indonesian leaders have have formally accepted to support militias with weapon , funding and operation help to target pro-independence supporters. This startling...Maldives and Timor Leste join Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering
"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering in its annual meeting held in Nusa Dua, Bali Province, from July 7 to 11, 2008, anonymously approved the new membership of Maldives and Timor Leste in the grouping. Indonesia hailed the membership of...Red Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimes
"In a secret report last year, the Red Cross found evidence of the CIA using torture on prisoners that would make the Bush administration guilty of war crimes, The New York Times reported Friday. The Red Cross determined the culpability of the Bush administration after...Indonesia to execute five more death row convicts
The death sentence still a controversy in many countries."After taking two Nigerians to a firing squad for drug offenses last week, the Indonesian prosecutors are now planning to execute five more death row convicts... Bush War Crimes Convention in Massachusetts
A conference in September of this year is planned to lay the groundwork to bring criminal charges against Bush Administration officials for war crimes."On September 13-14, 2008, Lawrence Velvel, the dean of the... Top Khmer Rouge diplomat in court
" Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary has appeared before Cambodia's genocide tribunal to appeal against his detention. The 82-year-old has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Maoist regime's four-year rule in the late... Florida Supreme Court denies child killer's last-minute execution appeal
Frankly, I can't find a reason to be sorry at all about this pending execution of a confessed child killer. But I'm sure the usual "please don't hurt him, it's not nice" pickets will be out at the state prison." Child-killer Mark Dean Schwab is a step closer to lethal... Young target of 450 knife crimes
" More than 450 young people in Northern Ireland were threatened or hurt with knives in the last five years, according to government figures. Just over 100 attacks on youths aged under 18 happened in the last...Journalist suspected in women's deaths
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhat? Slow News day, so he decided to make his own news in order to scoop the competition? Journalists are ususally above suspicion and trusted when meeting the public,... Rape is a way of life for Darfur's women
United Nations peacekeepers say the biggest issue in Darfur right now is the region's systematic rape of women and children." Thousands of women -- as young as four -- caught in the middle of the struggle between... Medical exams reveal abuse, torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay
Medical examinations released today on former terrorist suspects detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay were tortured.The report was released by a human rights group.See other NowPublic coverage here." The...
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