Serbia to file counter suit against Croatia before ICJ
Belgrade - The Serbian government on Thursday said it would file a counter suit against Croatia in the International Court of Justice (IJC) over alleged genocide committed against Serbs during the war in the 1990s. The Serbian government decided to ...
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Former Berlin justice official sworn in as ICTY judge
The Hague - German judge Christof Fluegge, 61, was sworn in as a permanent judge Thursday afternoon at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) located in The Hague. He replaces Wolfgang Schomburg who resigned from the ICTY on...
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Thai court sentences deranged student stabber to four years
Bangkok - A Thai court on Thursday sentenced a woman with a history of mental disorders to eight years in jail, commuted to four, for stabbing four schoolgirls at a prestigious Bangkok private school in 2005. The Bangkok Criminal Court found Jitrada ...
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California Supreme Court to hear gay marriage appeal
San Francisco - The California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would hear legal challenges to the recent voter initiative that banned same-sex marriage. A hearing was scheduled for March, and the court refused to permit gay weddings to resume pe...
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Russian court rules Politkovskaya trial open to public
Moscow - A Russian court reversed its decision Tuesday to open to the public the trial of three men charged with the murder investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The Moscow District Military Court ruled that the media and public would be barre...
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Croatia welcomes ICJ decision, hopes to win case
Zagreb - Croatian authorities on Tuesday welcomed the ruling by the International Court of Justice that it has jurisdiction to hear a claim by Croatia that Serbia committed genocide during the 1991-95 war. President Stjepan Mesic told state televisio...
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