Month: November 2010

THE Transportation Security Administration (TSA) apologised today to a bladder cancer survivor from Michigan who was recently humiliated during an aggressive pat-down that left him covered in his own urine. Thomas Sawyer, 61, said a […] […]

OAKLAND — Some passengers may choose to decline a full-body computer scan as they go through airport security Wednesday as part of National Opt-Out Day, a grass-roots protest against safety measures that officials say expedite […] […]

BELGRADE, Serbia—Serbia on Monday sentenced two men to 15 and six years each in prison for the wartime torture and killing of 700 Muslims in eastern Bosnia—but the prosecutor’s office called the sentences too lenient […] […]

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA— The death toll from a stampede on a bridge in Cambodia’s capital rose to at least 339 people with nearly just as many wounded, the prime minister said on Tuesday.Most of the […] […]

Former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba of the Democratic Republic of Congo went on trial overnight for rapes and murders allegedly committed by his troops. The landmark trial was set to last for months. Mr Bemba is […] […]

NATO’s top civilian representative in Afghanistan has been forced to clarify remarks he made suggesting children were safer in Kabul than in London or New York. Mark Sedwill said he had expressed himself badly in […] […]