Israeli officers disciplined over white phosphorus use in Gaza
Times Online
Dozens of human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have accused Israel of violating the rules of warfare in Gaza. Israel’s use of white phosphorous has come under investigation. Although white phos...
UBS, Credit Suisse Saw Outflows From Italian Amnesty (Update1)
BusinessWeek
Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG, Credit Suisse Group AG and Julius Baer Group, Switzerland’s biggest wealth managers, may have lost as much as 18 billion Swiss francs ($17.6 billion) in assets through an Italian tax amnesty, Morgan Stanley es...
Amnesty launch campaign to find missing Iranian music journalists
Drowned In Sound
Now, it's not very often that we do totally serious news, but occasionally a time does come when a cause or campaign is genuinely worthy of our support and reporting. Today is such one of those days. Amnesty International have today launche...
Bulgaria Road Vignette 'Amnesty' Period Ends
Sofia News Agency
Vehicle tax vignettes for 2010 are obligatory as of February 1, and can now also be purchased online. Photo by vinetka.com All vehicles using the Bulgarian road network need to display a valid 2010 vignette as of February 1, otherwise they ...
Oman's illegal workers queue up for amnesty
Reuters India
MUSCAT, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Illegal workers in Oman are queuing to leave the Gulf Arab state or renew expired working papers under a six-month amnesty that ends in just over a month, foreign diplomats said on Tuesday. At least 66,000 workers...
Honduras OKs Amnesty For Zelaya, Coup Backers
NPR News
Honduran legislators have approved an amnesty for all those involved in the coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya and for the ousted leader. The vote comes just hours after a Supreme Court justice ruled Honduras' top generals did not ab...
Vandals Disrupt Shell Pipeline in Nigeria
Wall Street Journal
Under the five-month-old peace deal, the government extended amnesty from arrest in return for the militants laying down their weapons. The looming threats on Nigeria's oil infrastructure come as the country grapples with the prolonged abse...