Crimea votes to join Russia, Obama orders sanctions

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/ BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - Crimea’s parliament voted yesterday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that drew a sharp riposte from U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama ordere...
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Libyan Prime Minister Snatched

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan was snatched by gunmen before dawn today from a Tripoli hotel where he resides, the government said. The abduction appeared to be in retaliation for the United States’ special forces raid over the weekend that seized a Libyan al-Qaida...
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US Supreme Court hears arguments in Stanford class action suits

WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the federal securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford’s US $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Stanford...
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Regional countries urged to abolish death penalty

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter- American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday urged Caribbean countries that still have the death penalty to abolish it or at least to impose a moratorium on its application. In a message marking International Day against the Death Penalty on Thursday, the...
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US Supreme Court hears arguments in Stanford class action suits

WASHINGTON, CMC - The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the fede ral securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford’s US$7 billion Ponzi scheme. Stanford is cu...
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