Oct 27th, 2008 · Newspapers have been making presidential endorsements. Republican John McCain won the backing of his home state's largest paper, The Arizona Republic. The Chicago Tribune endorsed Chicago resident Barack Obama — the first time that paper has endorsed a Democratic candidate for president. And Obama received the backing from another paper you might not expect — the Anchorage Daily News. The state's largest newspaper was not swayed by the fact that McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, is the state's governor.
Keywords: newspapers · Democrats · presidential · president · residents · Chicago · candidate · governors · McCain · tribunal · Obama · Barack Obama
Sep 17th, 2008 · The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has held a hearing on the Karadzic case. The judges met with the prosecution and defense to discuss preparations for the trial of former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.
Keywords: Trial · U.N · prosecution · tribunal · Radovan Karadzic · Karadzic · Bosnian Serb · defense · Former Yugoslavia
Aug 21st, 2008 · Anyone who wants to be among the first to know Barack Obama's vice presidential choice can sign up for a text message from the campaign. Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich signed up and tells us why her "heart cramps with desire" every time her phone rings.
Keywords: presidential · vice · campaign · tribunal · texts · Obama · Barack Obama · emChicago · Schmich
Aug 7th, 2008 · The conviction of Salim Hamdan has raised as many questions as answers in the debate over the Bush administration's use of military tribunals. Neal Katyal, a law professor at Georgetown University and Hamdan's lead counsel, offers his insight.
Keywords: administration · law · Lawyers · convicted · professor · military · counsel · tribunal · Georgetown University · Hamdan · Neal Katyal · Salim Hamdan
Aug 2nd, 2008 · The terrorism conspiracy trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver is drawing to a close. Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan rested their case before a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Friday. Both sides are scheduled to present their closing arguments on Monday.
Keywords: Osama · terrorizing · Trial · Guantanamo Bay · military · conspiracy · Cuba · tribunal · Guantanamo · Driver · Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan
Aug 1st, 2008 · The rhetoric on the White House campaign trail heated up this week, with candidates John McCain and Barack Obama mixing it up over affirmative action, and a campaign ad that parallels Obama to tabloid queens Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune, and Jim Rutenberg of the New York Times offer analysis.
Keywords: White House · politics · York Times · candidate · campaign · Ad · John McCain · tribunal · tabloids · Clarence Page · Obama · rhetoric
Jul 31st, 2008 · Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic stands before the war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Thursday. Deborah Amos talks with Richard Goldstone — a former U.N. war crimes prosecutor who filed genocide charges against Karadzic back in 1995 — about the Bosnian genocide and the charges Karadzic faces.
Keywords: crime · Trial · president · U.N · prosecutors · genocide · tribunal · 1995 · Radovan Karadzic · Karadzic · Bosnian Serb · Bosnian
Jul 30th, 2008 · Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was transferred to the Netherlands and placed in the custody of the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. He faces charges of genocide against Muslims and Croats during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.
Keywords: crime · Muslim · Trial · Custody · U.N · 1990 · Netherlands · Balkans · genocide · tribunal · Hague · Radovan Karadzic
