Pace International Law Review
Close to a year ago, United States Military forces killed Osama Bin Laden in a highly secretive mission inside Pakistani borders. In the process, the Military came across many personal affects of Al-Qaeda’s leader. Military leaders called this a “treasure trove of more than 6,000 documents.” In those documents, Bin Laden spoke in his own [...]
May 2nd, 2012 by Moustafa Badreldin
How has America changed since the death of Osama Bin Laden? Glenn Greenwald makes the case that we have only tightened up on our fight against local terrorism since then. Is their really a need to clamp down more on the war since his death? What does this tell us about his importance in [...]
Apr 28th, 2012 by Jennifer Huang
If Charles Ghankay Taylor is determined guilty on 25 April 2012, he will be the first former head of state to be convicted by an international criminal tribunal. The former Liberian president has remained the most senior figure being tried by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on eleven counts of war crimes and [...]
Apr 28th, 2012 by Christine
Analysis of the show of arms conducted during a mass military parade last week indicates that the missiles which were displayed are “mock-ups.” Markus Schiller and Robert Schmucker, of Germany’s Schmucker Technologie, claimed that the weapons displayed at the parade “appear to be a mishmash of liquid-fuel and solid-fuel components that could never fly together[,]… [...]
Apr 28th, 2012 by Christine
In what is thought to be the first case of its kind, an Indian teenager has had her child “marriage” legally annulled. Laxmi Sargara, who is 18, found out that she was married to Rakesh when his family came to take her with them to start her new life as Rakesh’s wife. It was only [...]
Apr 28th, 2012 by Christine
The Awa of Brazil is the world’s most endangered tribe, and their survival is threatened by illegal logging taking place in their territory in the Amazon rainforest. Currently, their population size is estimated to be 420 to 460 tribe members, whose survival is founded on hunting and gathering. Loggers are clear-cutting and burning the rainforest [...]
Apr 25th, 2012 by Gianna Zonghetti
On May 3rd, 2007 a three-year-old named Madeleine McCann disappeared while on vacation with her family in Portugal. It was reported that her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, were eating dinner with friends 100 yards away from Madeleine and their twin children when the abduction occurred. Once news spread of the tragedy million-dollar rewards were [...]
Apr 24th, 2012 by Christine
The Dutch Prime Minister has resigned amid controversy around bringing the Dutch economy under control. His cabinet “was plunged into crisis” when the Freedom Party “refused to accept austerity demands to bring the budget deficit in line with EU rules.” The crisis occurred as the two coalition parties and the Freedom Party were trying to [...]
Apr 24th, 2012 by Christine
A confidential source, a senior official with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing, has notified Reuters that North Korea is preparing for a third nuclear test. This source correctly predicted the two previous nuclear tests carried out by North Korea in 2006 and 2009. This action, along with the long-range rocket test from April 13, [...]
Apr 24th, 2012 by Christine
One in five girls in Bangladesh is being forced to marry before her 15th birthday. The minimum age allowed by law is 18. Parents are arranging these marriages because girls are unable to earn an income in this culture and are totally dependant on their families to support and protect them and pay their dowries. [...]
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