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28 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Friday, September 28, 2012
According to a Kenyan military spokesman, Kenyan forces have captured the Somali port city of Kismayo, a bastion for Al-Shabbab fighters. At the UN General Assembly, China’s foreign minister accused Japan of stealing the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said he will seek a vote on an upgraded status for Palestine to non-member state, like The Vatican, from the UN General Assembly. At the UN, Tunisia’s President has called for the creation of an International Constitutional Court with the power to declare domestic laws...26 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Monday, November 26, 2012
The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change kicks off today in Doha, Qatar, for a last ditch effort to negotiate new emission reductions before the current ones expire at the end of the year. The Guardian has an article about what to expect. The BBC has an article about Mahmoud Abbas’ (non-)role in the recent Gaza conflict and the impact thereof on the upcoming UN vote on observer status for Palestine. Abbas has called on Britain to...11 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The WTO General Council yesterday approved Tajikistan’s accession package, opening the way for membership 30 days after ratification of the package by Tajikistan. The ACLU will file a petition this morning with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission over the treatment of Jose Padilla by the US government since his designation as ‘enemy combatant’ in 2001. Mali’s Prime Minister resigned after the military arrested him for not working in the interests of the country, while he was on his way to France. The United States and France differ...17 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Friday, August 17, 2012
The big news yesterday was that Ecuador granted WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange, political asylum, angering Britain. Swedish and British authorities are critical of the decision, while UK authorities are refusing to grant Assange safe passage out of London. One of Assange’s attorneys, Baltazar Garzon, has entertained the idea of taking this dispute between Ecuador and the UK to the International Court of Justice, if the British authorities do not allow him safe passage. Amid threats that the British will terminate diplomatic status for the Ecuadorian embassy, EJIL:Talk!...18 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The group claiming responsibility for a suicide bomb that killed 12 near Kabul, Afghanistan, including nine foreigners, said the attack was revenge for the anti-Islam film, Innocence of Muslims. Other protests throughout Asia and the Middle East were carried out in response to the film in multiple cities in Pakistan, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Azerbaijan–and as far as Britain and Australia. NATO has ordered a suspension of certain joint patrols in Afghanistan in an effort to curb “green on blue” insider attacks. The Nigerian military claims to...15 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
In Syria, fresh clashes have broken out in Damascus and Aleppo, even though the defected Prime Minister Hijab has said the regime is close to collapse. Human Rights Watch reports that fighter planes have struck a hospital in Aleppo, while Reuters provides an exclusive about Libyan fighters joining the rebel forces. US Defense Secretary Panetta has accused Iran of supporting pro-Assad militias in Syria. Meanwhile, China has argued Western states’ attempts to engineer a regime change in Syria undermine solidarity on the UN Security Council. The Guardian...02 Jun Weekend Roundup: May 26 – June 1, 2012
This week on Opinio Juris, Roger Alford marked Memorial Day with the Battle of Blenheim poem, and Deborah Pearlstein weighed in on the discussion about Chris Hayes’ controversial suggestion that the label of “hero” is too often used to refer to US service personnel. Deborah also posted a snippet from the NY Times report on Obama’s “Kill List” in the conflict with al-Qaeda. A few days after the report was published, Julian Ku asked whether the mild fallout can be seen as a solidifying of the legal framework...05 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
According to state media, Mauritania has extradited Ex-Libyan spy chief Al-Senussi to the Libyan authorities instead of to the International Criminal Court. A court in London found Britain responsible for the 1948 killing of 24 unarmed Malayan civilians who were shot dead by British troops during a campaign against Communist insurgents. In the next nine months, Scotland will introduce a bill to hold an independence referendum, according to First Minister Alex Salmond. Cambodia will deport the founder of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay to Sweden, where he...