Recent Updates
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New hunger strike begins at Guantanamo Bay
Legal World 04/09/2007A new hunger strike is underway at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with more than a dozen detainees subjecting themselves to daily force-feeding to protest their treatment, The Boston Globe reported Monday. According to the online ...
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Elias Antonio hails controvercial US-Brazil biofuel plan
Legal World 04/09/2007El Salvadorian President Elias Antonio Saca on Sunday hailed the U.S.- Brazil plan to set up an ethanol plant in El Salvador, despite criticism of the scheme in the region. The plan was a piece of "excellent news" for El Salvador's national developme...
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Iran Celebrates Uranium Enrichment Progress
Legal World 04/09/2007Iran on Monday celebrated the one-year anniversary of the country‘s first success in enriching uranium, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepared to announce new progress in the key process that the United Nations has demanded Iran halt. The U.N. has...
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Poor countries to be worst hit by climate change
Legal World 04/08/2007[##_1L|1216340618.jpg|width="120" height="100" alt=""|_##]Poor countries will be the worst hit by climate change, top experts from the United Nations on global warming said. "Poor people are the most vulnerable and will be the worst hit by the ...
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China blasts latest US human rights report
Legal World 04/08/2007Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang blasted a new human rights report released by the US Department of State as being inconsistent with "basic facts" Saturday, characterizing it as unsubstantiated and slanderous to the human rights conditi...
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UN chief urges immediate action on climate change
Legal World 04/07/2007UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on governments on Friday to take immediate action following the release of a UN report on impacts of climate change. The secretary-general welcomed the release of the findings of Working Group II of the Intergo...
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Capt., 5 officers charged in Greek cruise ship accident
Legal World 04/07/2007[##_1L|1363888797.jpg|width="150" height="111" alt=""|_##]A Greek prosecutor has pressed negligence charges against the captain and five officers of a cruise ship that sank off an Aegean Sea island, state NET TV reports. The six officers were charged...
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Greece carries out preliminary probe on sinking ship
Legal World 04/07/2007[##_1L|1231437582.jpg|width="150" height="212" alt=""|_##]Greek authorities are carrying out preliminary investigation on the Sea Diamond cruiser, which struck a reef half a mile off the Aegean island of Santorini and started listing till it finally ...
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Greek rescue teams search for two missing people
Legal World 04/06/2007[##_1L|1152692174.jpg|width="140" height="103" alt=""|_##]SANTORINI, Greece - Rescue teams are still searching for two people, a 45 year-old Frenchman and his 16-year-old daughter, passengers of Sea Diamond cruiser, which struck a reef half a mile of...
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China cabinet bans human organ sales
Legal World 04/06/2007China's State Council on Friday banned the sale of human organs used for transplants effective May 1. The new regulation prohibits individuals and organizations from trading organs, such as hearts, lungs, and kidneys, following allegations of involun...
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Ethiopia pressed to reveal details of secret prisons
Legal World 04/06/2007Canada, Sweden and Eritrea are pressuring Ethiopia to reveal details regarding the foreign nationals it has allegedly detained in secret prisons in collaboration with the FBI and CIA. The existence of prisons in which US government agencies have inte...
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U.S. commander denies attack on Iran soon
Legal World 04/06/2007Visiting commander of U.S. Central Command Admiral William J. Fallon on Thursday denied an attack on Iran soon, saying that the Iranian issue should be solved through diplomatic channels. Fallon made the denial to reporters after his meeting with Egy...