Fort Hood captain: Hasan wanted patients to face war crimes charges

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 17, 2009

Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan sought to have some of his patients prosecuted for war crimes based on statements they made during psychiatric sessions with him, a captain who served on the base said Monday. Other psychiatrists complained to ...Read More

Rights group: Israel 'personally attacking' us over Gaza war report

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 14, 2009

Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of launching an "organized campaign" of lies and misinformation against it in the wake of the organization's support of the Goldstone report, British newspaper the Guardian reported Friday. The Goldstone report claims Israel and Hamas ...Read More

Legal row over Gaza report intensifies

Categories: World| Nov 6, 2009

Legal row over Gaza report intensifies Mr Goldstone's report is seeking accountability The United Nations-backed report on the Gaza war has triggered major controversy since it was released nearly two months ago. The lengthy document - named after its main author, the respected international jurist Richard Goldstone ...Read More

Israel Rejects UN War Crimes Resolution

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 6, 2009

Israel Rejects UN War Crimes Resolution Israel has responded angrily to a United Nations resolution that accuses the Jewish state of war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Israel says the United Nations General Assembly is "completely detached from reality," after it endorsed the Goldstone Report ...Read More

Israel rejects UN assembly vote on Gaza war

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 6, 2009

JERUSALEM, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as "completely detached from realities". In a statement, ...Read More

Israel rejects U.N. assembly vote on Gaza war

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 6, 2009

Israel rejects U.N. assembly vote on Gaza war JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as "completely detached from realities." In a statement, the Israeli ...Read More

Gaza war probes get UN approval

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 5, 2009

Gaza war probes get UN approval United Nations (CNN) -- The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution endorsing a U.N. report calling for both Israel and Palestine to carry out independent investigations of possible war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip during last winter's conflict. The ...Read More

U.N. assembly votes for probes of Gaza war charges

Categories: World| Nov 5, 2009

U.N. assembly votes for probes of Gaza war charges UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday urging Israel and the Palestinians to investigate war crimes charges leveled in a controversial U.N. report on the Gaza war. The vote on the nonbinding resolution was 114 ...Read More

UN Endorses Israel-Palestinian War Crimes Report

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 5, 2009

UN Endorses Israel-Palestinian War Crimes Report After two days of debate, the U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly endorsed a report from the Human Rights Council calling for domestic investigations into alleged war crimes committed by both Israel's military and Palestinian militants during the Gaza conflict that ...Read More

UN assembly votes for probes of Gaza war charges

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 5, 2009

(Adds details, quotes throughout) UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday urging Israel and the Palestinians to investigate war crimes charges leveled in a controversial U.N. report on the Gaza war. The vote on ...Read More