BP must cover some of rig owner's Gulf liability: judge Turkish Press | BP is required to cover some -- but not all -- of rig owner Transocean's liabilities for the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge ruled Thursday. | The mixed ruling found that BP must indemnify the rig operator from "compensatory damages" related to the spill even if the claims...
Manning to face court martial over WikiLeaks Al Jazeera | A private charged in the biggest leak of classified information in US history will face a general court martial, the army has said. | Major General Michael Linnington, commander of the Washington military district overseeing the prosecuti...
Academic manifestation of Israeli apartheid policy Gulf News | Israeli apartheid is not only a bunch of racist laws, it is a state of mind, fashioned by education”. The summation of such a policy appeared in a book entitled Palestine in Israeli Schoolbooks: Ideology and Propaganda in Education authored b...
Google follows Twitter on censorship policy Al Jazeera " />" /> | Google has announced its Blogger sites may be blocked on a country-by-country basis, a move will allow content to be selectively available to users, based on local laws. | It follows a similar move by the micro-blogging site Twitter w...
Holyland trial to be conducted in front of just one judge Ha'aretz | Tel Aviv District Court Judge David Rozen is to be the sole judge in the Holyland corruption case, whose most prominent defendant is former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Tel Aviv District Court President Dvora Berliner announced the decision yesterda...
Torture, and impunity in US courts Al Jazeera | - An important question confronting courts in the United States is whether individuals subjected to torture and other abuse in the "war on terror" can obtain a judicial remedy for their mistreatment. A recent decision by the US Court of Appeal...
AID POLICY: Islamic agencies battle the odds in Gaza IRINnews Photo: Erica Silverman/IRINHomes destroyed during Israel's Operation Cast Lead have been reconstructed by Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH)GAZA CITY, 30 January 2012 (IRIN) - Secours Islamique France is a respected aid agency, part of the...
Justice and accountability after the Holocaust Scoop Sunday, 29 January 2012, 6:16 pm | Press Release: Palestine Human Rights Campaign | Justice and accountability after the Holocaust | “Justice and accountability after the Holocaust” was New Zealand's theme for its observance of United N...
Syria: The revenge of Hama 30 years on Al Jazeera | - On February 2, 1982, a state declared war on its own citizens. It did what it did and thought it won. On February 2, 2012, Hama is exacting its revenge on the Assads, denuding the Syrian regime of all pretences of "state civility". | Partly, the tumult engulfing Syria today had to happen sooner or later. Why? Because of what happened in Hama 30...
Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive' Al Jazeera | The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria was blocked by Russia and China. | Video received by Al Jazeera from opposition activists on Sunday showed the apparent devastation ca...