In a crowded courtroom in Vladikavkaz, capital of North Ossetia, Russian judge Tamerlan Aguzarov delivered his final sentence Friday morning in the trial on the September 2004 Beslan massacre. Twenty-five-year-old Chechnyan laborer Nurpashi Kulayev—the only defendant and the only survivor from the 32-man terrorist command unit that took a thousand people hostage in school number one—was sentenced to death, which was transmuted to life in prison because of a moratorium on the death penalty currently in effect in the Russian Federation. After the verdict was announced, agents escorted Kulayev out of the glass cage where he received sentencing as victims’ relatives pummeled it with their fists
Last week in Zimbabwe the news that inflation had reached 1000 percent was met with dismay. Wages pulverised, a chronic lack of food, power and foreign currency, the state has been forced to increase wages of public employees by 200 percent in order to face the crisis. But the worst is yet to come
The FIFA sponsored world cup is no longer the world’s exclusive soccer championship. They gay world cup is in its 5th year this year and will be held from September 23rd to 29th in Buenos Aires, organized by the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association
Last week Western Sahara was characterized by demonstrations by the Saharawi and by repression from the part of the Moroccan police. The worst day was the 18th May when at least 70 demonstrators were arrested and a similar number injured
After more than 15 years, the Hissène Habré affair may be close to a decisive turning point. The United Nations Torture Committee has asked Senegal to commit itself on Belgium's request to extradite the former president of Chad who has been residing in Dakar since 1990. Or to try him for the crimes committed during his eight-year presidency. A day millions of Chad citizens have been long waiting
For the first time, Afghanistan has overtaken Iraq for the number of deaths. 392 against 174 in just one week
05/26/2006 Overtaking
05/25/2006 Afghanistan, The Goose With the Golden Eggs
05/24/2006 Affaire Habré: Last Act?
05/23/2006 The Damned of Soy
05/22/2006 Taliban at Yale
05/19/2006 A deadly journey across the gulf
05/18/2006 Combat Posters
05/17/2006 An Ayatollah for Comoros
05/16/2006 Kenya: the chase is on
05/15/2006 Blue Helmets Are Not Alone
05/12/2006 Croatian soccer fans against the Hague
05/11/2006 East Timor, the alarm returns
05/10/2006 Mogadishu, Land of Conquest
05/09/2006 Afghanistan, Journey into the Country of Poppies
05/05/2006 Victims of dishonor
05/03/2006 Pizza and Coke
05/02/2006 The oil bomb
04/27/2006 The children are at risk the most
04/26/2006 The dam of discord
04/24/2006 The impeachment movement
04/21/2006 Iconoclasts in Opposition
04/20/2006 We’re already at step one
04/19/2006 The underbelly of the beast
04/18/2006 A burning story
04/14/2006 Fighting in N’djamena
04/13/2006 Born in the dust
04/12/2006 Schwarzy isn’t waiting for Bush
04/10/2006 Casamance, the second round has begun
04/07/2006 Russia, the untouchables
04/06/2006 Afghanistan, the war reappears
04/05/2006 Broken Promises
04/04/2006 To Study in Peace
04/03/2006 License to Torture
03/29/2006 The Revolt of the Slaves
03/27/2006 Aceh has been betrayed
03/24/2006 Aceh has been betrayed
03/23/2006 Maybe This Time
03/22/2006 Syriana in Plain Terms
03/21/2006 Exiled in Belorussia
03/20/2006 United against everyone
03/17/2006 Hope for Haiti
03/15/2006 Zimbabwe, a bitter birthday
03/14/2006 The War in Amman
03/13/2006 The Forgotten Children
03/10/2006 Die or escape
03/09/2006 Lorena between two fires
03/08/2006 8 March
03/07/2006 Women As Bargaining Chips
03/06/2006 Armoured Killers
03/03/2006 United, one wins
03/02/2006 Another Year of Madness
03/01/2006 Balucistan, a Forgotten Conflict
02/27/2006 The War Disease
02/24/2006 The War Disease
02/23/2006 Mohammed Is Not the Only Cause for Protest in Nigeria
02/22/2006 Crooks with fees for services
02/21/2006 Ethnic Tensions Rising in Kirkuk
02/17/2006 It is now time to ask forgiveness
02/16/2006 Deluge on the Refugees
02/15/2006 Land of refugees