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EU Drafting New Syria Sanctions, Hague Says
yahoo.com 16 hours, 38 minutes agoISTANBUL (Reuters) - The European Union is drafting new sanctions against Syria and wants other nations to do the same to increase pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to comply with an international peace plan, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday. Hague echoed fears voiced by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier in the day that the 14-month uprising in Syria was becoming more sectarian and threatening to spill over into neighboring countries. Syria is moving towards "all-out civ
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Hague Court Rejects Arrest Warrant For Mudacumura
yahoo.com 18 hours, 32 minutes agoAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) refused to issue an arrest warrant for a militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, saying prosecutors failed to detail adequately the crimes he was being sought for. This is the first time ICC judges have refused an arrest warrant on these grounds. Prosecutors said in May they were seeking the arrest of Sylvestre Mudacumura, accusing him of leading the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and chargin








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