Susan Atkins: Manson follower dies in prison at 61

Follower and "disciple"  of Charles Manson,  Susan Atkins ,  has died of brain cancer in a California prison at the age of 61.   Atkins took part in the infamous slaying of Sharon Tate,...

China ramps up efforts to stop deadly ethnic violence

This is unusual in China.3o years ago there would have been tanks in the streets, mass arrests.  It seems China is slowly moving away from the past, while still using force at times.Uighurs are a Turkic ethnic group who follow Sunni Islamic religion.  They are the...

Immigration cutbacks essential

Barry Artiste Op/Ed National Post's Diane Francis pretty much says what many are thinking, but few will admit to it publicly, as she says, does it make sense for a company to hire more people in the front door,...

Security Council on Sri Lanka 'war crimes' and detained doctors

UN Security Council was unable to have a hearing on Sri Lanka as China and Russia with their veto power prevented them. Therefore, the UN Security Council was only able to hold just briefing in the basement. "As...

Defined: Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Ethnocide " Ethnocide concerns policies and processes designed to destroy the separate identity of a group, with or without the physical destruction of its members. This concept was developed by Raphael Lemkin as part of the definition of genocide: "Generally speaking,...

BBC reports: Sri Lanka warned on 'war crimes'

More than 6,500 Tamil civilians were killed in three months and more than 20,000 wounded due to the indiscriminate multi-barrel artillery shelling, aerial bombings, chemical weapons used by the Sri Lankan armed...

Rule of Law Vetoed by President Obama

There are no headlines or pontificating pundits, but the real news that has become crystal clear to any but the most delusional and distracted Americans is that President Obama has no commitment to applying the rule of law where it counts.  Certainly, not applying it to...

Baja California Sur Hopes To Stay a Safe State

Living in La Paz which means peace is still safe, except for one or two isolated cases of drug related violence. I still feel safe walking by the ocean at night. Cabo San Lucas represents the state's most...

MSNBC: Cheney war crimes probe would be “shortest in history”

If Obama would step out of the way and allow prosecutors to look at evidence of alleged Bush administration war crimes, “it would be the shortest investigation in history,” Turley said on a Monday episode of...

ACORN Spokesman Fights with Fox News Host On The Air

Speaking with ACORN spokesman Scott Levenson, Fox News host Megyn Kelly began the ‘discussion’ (fight) with Levenson by claiming, “Scott, a lot of people, a lot of our viewers, think your group is corrupt,...

The UN comes to no agreement on the Sudan crisis

The United Nations have failed to come to an agreement today to respond to the crisis in Sudan, when the government expelled 13 aid organizations working in the area. This came as a response to the International Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for the president Omar...

Former Serbian leader acquitted of war crime charges

Milan Milutinovic, the President of Serbia from 1998 to 2002, has been cleared of all charges laid against him by the UN International Criminal Tribunal. At the end of his presidential term in 2002, Milutinovic...

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...

Part of the Mumbai Attack Plan Hatched in Pakistan

After receiving the dossier from the Indian government in early January regarding the Mumbai attacks, the Pakistani government last night officially delivered evidence that part of the plan was hatched in Pakistan. A few other countries have also been named by Pakistan. Peace...

Israel, US Guilty of War Crimes, Genocide..Ramsey Clark,

A good example of former high governmental officialsnot having the sense to retire quietly. "Clark, in an interview with the Lebanese weekly 'Al-Kifah Al-Arabi', called for documenting the Israeli war crimes and...

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