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Israel may face UN court ruling on legality of Gaza conflict
Israel may face UN court ruling on legality of Gaza conflictIsrael faces the prospect of intervention by international courts amid growing calls that its actions in Gaza are a violation of world humanitarian and criminal law...

International Conflict Resolution Day- Oct 16th!
We’re kicking off the the holiday season with International Conflict Resolution Day!  What is it? The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Board of Directors adopted a resolution designating the third Thursday in October annually as Conflict Resolution Day in order to increase public awareness about conflict resolution and its [...

ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate Israel war crimes in Gaza: prosecutor
[JURIST] International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Wednesday said that the ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate possible war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza...

Rights group accuses US of insufficient response to Gaza violence
[JURIST] Human rights group Amnesty International USA on Friday accused the US of insufficiently responding to the Gaza crisis in a letter sent to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...

Israel not respecting international human rights laws: EU commissioner
[JURIST] The European Union Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel on Tuesday said that Israel is not respecting international human rights law in the Gaza Strip. In an interview with the Belgian newspaper La Libre Belgique, Michel said that the evidence, which experts agree upon and denounce, shows that Israel is not respecting international human rights laws...

BBC Refuses To Air Appeal for Gaza Aid
The BBC has officially refused to air an appeal for aid for Gaza from ten international aid groups, including British Red Cross, Oxfam, and Save the Children. The BBC insists that, no matter how crafted, the aid request would undermine its impartiality in covering the conflict...

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AT&T International Roaming Charges, AT&T lawsuit
AT&T Faces International Roaming Charges Lawsuit

Preliminary Settlement Reached With Soleus International
Soleus International Reaches Preliminary Settlement of Class Action

Anixter International Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Anixter International Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Moody International Facing Unpaid Overtime Class-Action
Moody International Facing Unpaid Overtime Class-Action

American International Group, Inc.
AIG

TYCO International
To Pay PRIM $11 Million