10 May Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, May 10, 2012
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- US President Barack Obama has backed same-sex marriage. Foreign Policy gives a global look into which countries have already legalized same-sex marriage.
- Stricter international rules of the Hague Adoption Convention are seen as contributing to a drastic drop in international adoptions worldwide.
- As another sign of heightening tensions between China and the Philippines over disputed islands in the South China Sea, Chinese travel agencies have suspended bookings to the Philippines.
- The US has planned a 10-month deployment of a warship to Singapore, which may stir China’s fears of US-meddling in the South China Sea disputes.
- The University of Washington has offered a fellowship to Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Chen meanwhile argues that policy are retaliating agaist his extended family.
- Zimbabwe is critical of a South African ruling that would bring members of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s administration under prosecution for alleged acts of torture.
- An NGO in Ghana has petitioned the International Criminal Court to investigate genocidal statements and ethnic-cleansing pronouncements made by a member of parliament.
- Uganda denies Khartoum’s allegations that it is meddling in the Sudan-South Sudan conflict.
- The European Court of Human Rights turned down a request from Abu Qatada to remain in Britain; he could now be extradited to Jordan.
- Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has urged Muslims to avenge the burning of the Koran by US troops earlier this year.
- Intensified US drone attacks in Yemen are causing political strain.
- As we mentioned yesterday, Liechtenstein has become the first country to ratify the aggression amendment of the Rome Statute; IntLawGrrls has a post highlighting this move and suggesting that Germany may soon follow suit.
- The Atlantic reports on a group of teenagers who have taken legal action against various US government agencies to take action about climate change.
- India and Iran have concluded a trade deal that will help Iran to circumvent US sanctions.
- Britain seeks to delay the implementation of a ban on providing insurance for tankers carrying Iranian oil because four of Iran’s major buyers still have to find alternative insurance coverage.
- Sri Lanka has removed its ambassador to the UN in Geneva, apparently following a UN Human Rights Council motion critical of Sri Lanka.
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