By Goran Jungvirth in The Hague A former senior United Nations official told the trial of three Croatian generals this week that their forces systematically shelled residential areas rather than military bases during a 1995 operation. Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac are indicted at the Hague tribunal for war crimes against Serbs committed […]
GUNS FOR DRUGS VIS-A-VIS TERRORISM : AFGHANISTAN TO EUROPE
DRUGS AND GUNS VIS-À-VIS TERRORISM Russian gangsters who smuggle drugs into Britain and Europe are bying cheap heroin from Afghanistan and paying for it with guns.Smugglers told The Independent how Russian arms dealers meet Taliban drug lords at a bazaar near old Afghan-Soviet border,deep in Tajakistan’s desert.The bazaar exists solely to trade Afghan drugs […]
All judges including Iftikhar to be restored
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday all the deposed judges, including Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, would be restored and complete freedom to the press ensured. Inaugurating the Namal College at Namal, some 35 kilometres from here, he said his family had the distinction of having set up education institutions and hospitals. He said […]
Greedy In Brooklyn: Well-connected Developer Seeks Still More Subsidies For Brooklyn Arena Scheme
Real estate developer Forest City Ratner, headed by Bruce Ratner, will seek more subsidies from New York City taxpayers for the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn. The project includes an arena for the Nets basketball team, which Ratner recently purchased. The project will employ eminent domain in downtown Brooklyn to transfer property from existing owners to […]
Over 10,000 observers monitoring elections
Over 10,000 Pakistani and foreign observers are monitoring general elections in Pakistan. The election commission has issued 1050 accreditation cards to foreign observers and 4600 cards to the local observers. Foreign observers mostly came from United States, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Britain, Germany and France as well as from Japan, Bosnia, China, Nigeria, Belgium, India, Estonia, […]
Obama Recieves Backing of Obama
If foreign nationals were permitted to select US presidential candidates, the senator from Illinois would be assured of the votes of the people of Obama, a fishing town on the Japan Sea coast that has taken its namesake to its heart. Residents in Obama – small port in Japanese – have formed a support group […]