Mia Farrow, Naomi Campbell draw spotlight to war-crime trial Published: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Naomi Campbell flirted with Liberia's former president across the dinner table at Nelson Mandela's presidential mansion in 1997 and boasted the following morning that Charles Taylor had given her a huge diamond during the night, Mia Farrow and another witness testified at Taylor's... Read More

Mike Mullen: Leak of Afghan materials may risk US lives Published: Tue, Jul 27, 2010 BAGHDAD (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says the leak of U.S. military documents about Afghanistan could put American lives at risk. Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in Baghdad Tuesday that he was "appalled" by the leak. He says "there is a real potential threat... Read More

Sudan's al-Bashir vows never to deal with ICC Updated: Sat, May 10, 2008 KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan's president said he will never deal with the International Criminal Court where he faces charges of genocide in Darfur, according to a newspaper interview published Thursday. The interview with Khartoum independent daily al-Ayyam was Omar al-Bashir's first comment on how he... Read More

Radovan Karadzic extradited to The Hague Updated: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Authorities extradited ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the Netherlands to face genocide charges before the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday, hours after a violence-tinged protest by thousands of his supporters in downtown Belgrade. U.N. spokesman Liam McDowall... Read More

Sudan president charged with genocide in Darfur Updated: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court sought an arrest warrant Monday for Sudan's president on charges of waging a campaign of genocide and rape in Darfur, a high-risk strategy that could backfire against the people in the war-torn desert region. The... Read More

Serbian parliament OKs new coalition government Updated: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbia's parliament approved a new government Monday that includes a pro-Western group and the political party of the late strongman Slobodan Milosevic. Leaders of the coalition have pledged to speed up the Balkan country's integration into the European Union but also to... Read More

'Chemical Ali' Execution OK'd in Iraq Updated: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's presidential council has endorsed the execution within a month of Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds, officials said Friday. But it spared the life of two other officials amid Sunni protests that they were... Read More

Holocaust historian speaks at museum Updated: Thu, Aug 30, 2007 NORMAN - What could have been done to stop the Holocaust? Probably nothing, but the United States -- and even Pope Pius XII -- made decisions relating to it that were morally flawed, Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer said during a lecture at the University of Oklahoma. Bauer, professor emeritus in the... Read More

Rights Group Criticizes Saddam Judgment Published: Sat, Jun 23, 2007 NEW YORK (AP) -- The trial of Saddam Hussein had "serious flaws" that fell short of international judicial standards in reaching death sentences for the former Iraqi president and two senior members of his regime, a human rights group said Friday. The report by Human Rights Watch - which examined an... Read More

Saddam Co-Defendants Deny Gassing Kurds Published: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Two former Iraqi commanders denied gassing Kurdish civilians in northern Iraq 20 years ago, telling Saddam Hussein's genocide trial Thursday that they used only conventional weapons against Kurdish rebels and Iranian troops. Sultan al-Tai, minister of defense under Saddam, and Gen.... Read More

Rwandan students bound for Oklahoma Updated: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 Oklahoma Christian University is preparing to welcome its first students from Rwanda. The World Factbook Oklahoma Christian University The university expects to enroll 10 Rwandans in the fall, recipients of a new scholarship program targeting the African nation. The students must agree to return to... Read More

Iraq's holocaust: The count begins for Saddam's victims Updated: Sat, Jun 10, 2006 FROM time to time we all need reminding that what's at stake in Iraq isn't limited to strategic concerns in the war on terror or creation of a new democratic beachhead in the Middle East. America's involvement in Iraq also is about spreading individual human rights, chief among them the right of people to live free... Read More

OC to welcome Rwandan president, ties to his country Updated: Sun, Apr 23, 2006 Rwandan President Paul Kagame Oklahoma Christian University is forging academic and religious ties with Rwanda, a country ravaged by ethnic strife, genocide and poverty. The private university will welcome Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday and is offering scholarships to students from the African... Read More

Group to screen five documentaries Updated: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 EDMOND -- Amnesty International's Oklahoma chapter will screen five short documentaries at a one-night film festival April 14 at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The films will be shown in Room 115 of the Education Building at 6:15 p.m. Admission is free. The films to be screened are: "Behind... Read More

Rwanda Ambassador Updated: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 The story has been shown on the television and the big screen during the Rwandan genocide 800,000 people were killed in 100 days during the mid-90s. For those who lived through it, the rebuilding and the healing continues and, it means reaching out to a friend in Oklahoma. Read More