S Leone awaits war crime verdicts
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The UN-backed war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone is due to hand down its first judgements.
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A former Sierra Leonean militia leader, whose fighters were accused of human sacrifice and cannibalism during the country's civil war, died on Thursday weeks before a verdict was due in his trial for war crimes.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq-- War crimes trials against Iraq&#39;s former Baath Party leaders will begin next week, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Tuesday.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government says war crime trials of members of the former regime of Saddam Hussein could begin as early as next week.
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More post-election attacks are reported in Sierra Leone, despite assurances from the new president.
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Voters in Sierra Leone wait for the results of Saturday's presidential run-off, which passed off peacefully.
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The first international war crimes  trial of former Kosovo Albanian rebels was due to begin on  Monday, with three men accused of murdering Serb civilians and  suspected collaborators during the 1998-99 conflict.
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A former Sierra Leonean militia leader, whose fighters were accused of human sacrifice and cannibalism during a civil war, has died weeks before the verdict was due in his war crimes trial.
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The Iraqi government will begin war crimes trials of a dozen former regime officials next week, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Tuesday.
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A man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing, Northern Ireland's worst atrocity, will learn his fate later Thursday, as the judge in the case gives his verdict in the long-running trial.
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A court in Ghana on Wednesday delayed for a second time the sentencing of two British teenagers found guilty of smuggling 6 kg (13 lbs) of cocaine to allow a social services report to be taken into consideration.
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LIBREVILLE, 19 November (IRIN) - Verdicts in the trial of a group of suspected mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow the president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea will be handed down on 26 November, with two of the suspects facing the death penalty
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DASS, Nigeria  - An Islamic court in northern Nigeria heard the appeal of a woman challenging a death by stoning sentence for allegedly committing adultery, and the judge said he would issue a verdict in two weeks.
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Sierra Leone's failure to improve prison conditions threatens the country's peace, a UN report says.
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A New Delhi court was expected to deliver a long-awaited verdict on whether an Indian man should be extradited to Britain for the 2003 rape and murder of a teenage girl, a court official said.
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Sierra Leone counted votes on Sunday from a tense presidential run-off which went peacefully despite fears of violence, but both sides accused the other of fraud and intimidation, and observers reported ballot stuffing.
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Sierra Leone's traditional rulers will crown British Prime Minister Tony Blair a "paramount chief" on Wednesday in recognition of Britain's help in ending the West African country's civil war.