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By Jim Malone Washington 29 December 2006 Americans are bidding farewell to former President Gerald Ford over the next few days in funeral services in Washington and in his native Michigan. The 38th president died Tuesday at the age of 93. Mr. Ford
Sudan has launched a diplomatic offensive against an attempt to bring Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of genocide and war crimes stemming from the conflict in Darfur. Tendai Ma
By Al Pessin Washington 15 February 2006 The Defense Department has expressed concern that the release of more photos, and some videos, of prisoner abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib Prison more than two y
By Dan Robinson Washington 14 February 2008 In a blow to Democrats, the House of Representatives has voted to reject a measure that would have extended existing foreign intelligence surveillance legislation by three weeks. VOA's Dan Robinson reports,
This is All Things Considered from NPR news, I'm Robert Siegel and I'm Michele Norris. In Alabama, jurors've found Richard Scrushy not guilty of all charges. Scrushy is the founder and fired CEO of HealthSouth, the medical services company. And he wa
By Jim Randle Baghdad 23 January 2007 A top U.N. envoy says Iraq is sliding into what he calls the abyss of sectarianism and he is urging Iraqi leaders to do more to stop the violence. Across Iraq Tuesday a series of car bombs, kidnappings, and shoot
By Teri Schultz Brussels 06 November 2007 The European Union has issued its annual enlargement update, assessing the progress of seven candidate countries toward full membership in the 27-nation bloc. The E.U. concluded no country, with the possible
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 28 August 2006 Kurdish leaders in Iraq say they want to be sure prosecutors build the strongest case possible against Saddam Hussein and six of his military commanders charged with genocide in the Anfal military operation
By Benjamin Robertson London 21 February 2007 Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar says that his country is heading for autocracy and dictatorship unless voters support him in the upcoming presidential elections. For VOA in London, Benjamin Robert
By Efam Dovi Accra 27 October 2006 Britain is offering expertise and training to help Ghana fight drug trafficking. The United Nations says West Africa is increasingly a transit point for cocaine destined for Europe. Britian's parliamentary undersec
By Brian Wagner Miami 28 August 2007 A U.S. judge Monday approved the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to face money laundering charges in France. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that Noriega's lawyers have vowed to chall
By Phuong Tran dakar 30 January 2007 Former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga is the first person to be tried by the world's only permanent global war crimes court, the Hague-based International Criminal Court. Phuong Tran reports from VOA's Ce
European politicians have welcomed the arrest of former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is wanted for war crimes committed in Bosnia during the 1990's. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London Karadzic is expected to be extradited to the U.N.
By Kate Thomas Dakar 23 September 2009 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court prior to the beginning of his defense case during his trial in The Hague, 13 Jul 2009 Former Liberian President
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We begin this hour with a report of widespread clergy sex abuse in Catholic churches throughout Pennsylvania. A grand jury investigation released today gives details on 301 priests who allegedly abused more than 1,000 children. P
By Sonja Pace London 07 November 2006 A British court has sentenced Muslim convert and al-Qaida operative, Dhiren Barot to life imprisonment to serve a minimum of 40 years, after he pleaded guilty to plotting terrorist attacks in Britain and the Uni
By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 June 2007 Thai public prosecutors have formally charged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with corruption in the first formal legal action against him to reach court since he was ousted last year by a military coup. Ro
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at The Hague Monday charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with masterminding and implementing the genocide of the last five years against the people of Darfur. Welcoming reaction from huma
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 13 June 2007 A panel of Cambodian and U.N.-appointed judges has approved the ground rules for the prosecution of the former leaders of the Khmer Rouge, who were responsible for the deaths of almost 2 million Cambodians in the
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 06 February 2008 In its first major initiative under the leadership of Jacob Zuma, South Africa's ruling African National Congress has ordered the government of President Thabo Mbeki to dismantle the country's highly s