Monthly Archives: May 2011

SANTIAGO DE CHILE – Chile’s state television channel has reported that President Salvador Allende may have been assassinated and not committed suicide during the 1973 coup. TVN’s “Special Report” program Monday cited a copy of a long-lost, 300-page military summary … Continue reading →

BEIRUT – State-run Syrian Television says President Bashar Assad has issued a general amnesty that includes all political prisoners. The TV says the amnesty covers all crimes committed before May 31. It also includes prisoners belonging to political parties including … Continue reading →

BRUSSELS (AFP) – Police scrambled for clues Tuesday after booby-trapped packages exploded at three Ikea stores in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, with no one claiming responsibility for the acts. The light explosives detonated at the Swedish furniture chain’s stores … Continue reading →

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – When Ratko Mladic, nicknamed “the butcher of Bosnia,” arrives at the international war crimes detention center in the Hague, he will join a who’s who of accused genocidal dictators, warlords and mass murderers. Set in a … Continue reading →

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi is emphatic he will not leave Libya, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday after talks with the Libyan leader that left prospects for a negotiated end to the conflict looking dim. But new … Continue reading →

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a general amnesty on Tuesday, state television said, after 10 weeks of protests against his 11-year rule and a military crackdown which has drawn international condemnation. The amnesty covers “all members of … Continue reading →

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia extradited most-wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic on Tuesday after he lost his final legal appeal, removing a nationalist icon whose years on the run hindered Serbian progress toward EU membership. Serbia’s war crimes court rejected … Continue reading →