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UN panel urges nations to help stop Libyan abuses
Mar 9th, 2012
A U.N. expert panel on Friday handed diplomats a confidential list of names of alleged perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Libya. (Source: Associated Press) -
BAGHDAD (AP) - Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Leah Schnurr NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with the downturn accelerating late in the day after a Federal Reserve official said the central bank could begin easing up on its monetary stimulus this summer. The three major U.S. stock indexes had earlier traded in a tight range, supported by a gain of more than 12 percent in Ci... [Full Article]
BEIJING (AP) - China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general population. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CANNES, France (AP) - The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Oscar winner Christoph Waltz has joined the cast of "The Candy Store," an upcoming crime film from "Traffic" writer Stephen Gaghan, Lionsgate and Good Universe announced on Tuesday. Gaghan will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Shannon Burke, which follows several different cha... [Full Article]
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Ghaith Shennib TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's central government has long had only a tenuous grip on the eastern city of Benghazi, but the bombing of the French embassy in Tripoli shows its control of the capital may now also be under threat. The early morning car bomb devastated France's embassy, wounding two F... [Full Article]
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