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UN says Israel, Palestinians committed war crimes

Related: More News The U.N.'s top human rights official backed a report Thursday accusing Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter. Navi Pillay's endorsement of the report by an expert group led by Judge Richard Goldstone came as Israel warned the U.N. Human Rights Council that approving the document risked undermining Middle East peace. Pillay told the 47-member council that she supported the report's recommendations, "including its call for urgent action to counter impunity" - meaning that Israel and Hamas must investigate and prosecute those who committed war crimes. The 575-page report concluded that Israel used disproportionate...


Caribbean News

More Jamaican Criminals Could Be Extradited To U.S. by admin

CaribWorldNews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Weds. July 28, 2010: Christopher `Dudus` Coke is only one in a number of criminals the U.S. wants. United States Assistant Secretary of State Arturo Valenzuela, in Jamaica on a tri-nation Caribbean visit, said Tuesday the U.S. has handed in a series of extradition requests for suspected Jamaican criminals to the government of Jamaica. `There is a series of extraditions that the United States has requested, and we look forward to those being processed,` he disclosed at a press conference Tuesday. But he did not reveal any names. Valenzuela also made a push for greater effectiveness of the Proceeds of Crime Act to defeat organized crime in Jamaica. `This Act... Read more »



Business

Strong leads propel stocks higher – The Age


Strong leads propel stocks higher
The Age
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed higher and commodities prices ended firmer. ...

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Sports

Flimsy batting condemns Windies to 163-run defeat -news_sports —

Chris Gayle led an improved West Indies batting performance that failed to spare his side from a 163-run defeat inside four days at the hands of South Africa in the first Test on Sunday at Queen's Park Oval

Entertainment

Reggae/dancehall popularity in Japan rooted in similarity – Jamaica Gleaner


Jamaica Gleaner
Reggae/dancehall popularity in Japan rooted in similarity
Jamaica Gleaner
Manabe moved through the chronology of reggae/dancehall impact on Japan, starting in the early 1970s with the movie Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff, ...


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