14 Mar Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, March 14, 2013
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- In testimony to Congress, US groups have complained about protectionist policies in India.
- The US has asked Ukraine not to renegotiate its WTO commitments, worrying that it might inspire other WTO members to do the same.
- President Obama has appointed Deborah Jones as the next US ambassador to Libya.
- India’s Supreme Court has issued a notice to Italy’s ambassador barring him from leaving India without its permission, after he had personally assured that the Italian marines wanted for trial over the shooting of two Indian fishermen would return to India.
- Ieng Sary, the former Foreign Minister during Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, has died before his trial at the ECCC was completed.
- Xi Jinping has been formally appointed as China’s new President.
- The PKK has released eight hostages in a bid for peace with the Turkish government.
- The Dutch have raised the terrorism alert level for the first time in history to “substantial” based on a number of Islamist militants traveling from the Netherlands to Syria and claims of radicalization of Dutch youth.
- Iran has increased its weapons supply to Syrian government forces, according to Western diplomats.
- A former Argentinian general, Reynaldo Bignone, was sentenced to life in prison yesterday, being convicted of crimes against humanity in the nation’s “Dirty War” from 1976-1983.
- The CIA has ratcheted up covert efforts in Iraq to counter Al-Qaeda.
- EJIL: Talk! has a post analyzing the recently released second part of the Turkel Commission Report and the duty of investigation by armed forces.
- Justice in Conflict offers some thoughts about whether Canada is trying to undermine the ICC with its recent statements regarding Palestine.
- Lawfare points to a recent statement by UK Home Secretary Theresa May stating that the UK ought to think about parting ways with the ECHR.
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