The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asked the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal to hear his appeal against the court’s decision to appoint legal counsel. Read More...
world      briefing      europe      hague      appeal      karadzic     

Last year, Kevin Crilly, was charged with kidnapping and falsely imprisoning, but not killing, a British Army intelligence agent, Capt. Robert Nairac. Read More...
world      briefing      europe      northern      ireland      ira      suspect      charged      britons      murder     

Two bloggers who regularly posted video political parodies were convicted of hooliganism, prompting criticism that the government was clamping down on independent media. Read More...
world      briefing      asia      azerbaijan      bloggers      convicted     

A roadside bomb struck close to the Afghan border, while two other soldiers died in a separate militant assault on a security post in the same area, officials said. Read More...
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President Armando Guebuza achieved a resounding victory, officials said, with his Frelimo party capturing enough parliamentary seats to change the Constitution at will. Read More...
world      briefing      africa      mozambique      leader      reelected     

Ivory Coast’s long-awaited presidential election scheduled for later this month will be postponed, the country’s Independent Electoral Commission said Wednesday. Read More...
world      briefing      africa      ivory      coast      vote      postponed     

A man with a rifle opened fire at a drug-testing laboratory in Tualatin near Portland. Read More...
national      briefing      northwest      oregon      dead      shooting     

The American Medical Association voted to oppose the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, and declared that same-sex marriage bans contribute to health disparities. Read More...
national      briefing      science      health      ama      backs      gayrights      issues     

About half of American lakes and reservoirs contain fish with potentially harmful levels of the toxic metal mercury, a federal study said. Read More...
national      briefing      environment      harmful      levels      mercury      found     

A Marine reservist was charged with attacking a Greek Orthodox priest he said he thought was a terrorist. Read More...
national      briefing      south      florida      priest      mistaken      terrorist     

A federal judge ruled that the state cannot issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase “I Believe.” Read More...
national      briefing      south      south      carolina      license      plates      ruling     

The offensive by guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia took place in the southwest part of the country that officials say the guerrillas use for cocaine smuggling. Read More...
world      briefing      americas      colombia      soldiers      killed      attack      rebels