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Sri Lanka Killing Fields: Amnesty Warns Government LLC Inquiry is ‘Flawed’

As controversy is still surrounding the war crimes committed during the Sri Lanka civil war in which between 10,000 and 20,000 civilians were killed in the final months of the conflict continues, Amnesty International said a national inquiry has failed so far to investigate war crimes by both the army and Tamil rebels.

France: Jacques Chirac Avoids Mubarak-Style Trial

Jacques Chirac, was absent from court as his corruption trial opened Monday as he "no longer has the full capacity to participate in court proceedings", according to a statement released on Saturday by his lawyers, who have asked the former French president be allowed to skip court appearances.

Can Gadhafi Still Strike Back?

Saif al-Islam, appearing in the streets of Tripoli Tuesday morning, proclaimed: "We broke the backbone of the rebels. It was a trap. We gave them a hard time. So we are winning." Could he be right?

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Charges to be Dropped

The affair in which Nafissatou Diallo accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund,(IMF), of forcing her into oral sex and trying to rape her on May 14 in his New York hotel suite, has made the headlines for more than three months, but sources say the case is about to be dropped.