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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Palestine President Moves To Join International Criminal Court

Comments (1) | Foreign Policy, Gaza Strip, gaza strip and west bank, International, International Criminal Court, international news, Israel, Israeli-palestine conflict, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, mahmoud abbas, Palestine, Palestinian news, President Mahmoud Abbas, ramallah, United Nations, united nations security council, United States, war crimes

Heidi Carreon
Web Producer

"...the [United Nations] Security Council let us down-where shall we go?"-President Abbas

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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Senate Syria Resolution Sets 90 Day Limit On Military Action

Comments (2) | Barack Obama, Bob Corker, chemical attacks, Dick Durbin, International, John Kerry, John McCain, lindsey graham, Noam Chomsky, President Bashar al-Assad, red line, Robert Menendez, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Syria, United Nations, war crimes, world police

Obama sits with his congressional leaders planning for Syria. (Flickr Creative Commons/stephen_medlock)

Benjamin Li
Executive Producer

Resolution proposing use of military force to punish Syria awaits vote.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Senate Syria Resolution Sets 90 Day Limit On Military Action

Comments (0) | Barack Obama, Bob Corker, chemical attacks, Dick Durbin, International, John Kerry, John McCain, lindsey graham, Noam Chomsky, President Bashar al-Assad, red line, Robert Menendez, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Syria, United Nations, war crimes, world police

Obama sits with his congressional leaders planning for Syria. (Flickr Creative Commons/stephen_medlock)

Benjamin Li
Executive Producer

A resolution proposing U.S. military action against Syria awaits final vote after clearing bipartisan obstacles.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Former Guatemalan Dictator Guilty Of Genocide

Comments (0) | CNN, dictator, dictatorship, efrain rios montt, Genocide, Guatemala, guatemala genocide, ixil mayans, mass violence, mayans, Nation and World, rios montt genocide, war crimes

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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

Efrain Rios Montt is the first head of state to be tried for genocide within his own judicial system.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

U.S. Offers $5 Million For Capture Of Joseph Kony

Comments (0) | child soldier, crimes against humanity, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Kony 2012, Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, Nation and World, uganda, war crimes

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Cara Palmer
Executive Producer

Kony and his lieutenants are wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Israeli War Crimes Cannot Be Ignored

Comments (6) | human rights, Human Rights Council, International Criminal Court, international law, Israel, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Israeli occupation, Israeli settlements, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Rome Statute, sovereignty, two-state solution, United Nations, war crimes, West Bank

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Faiz Jaspar Abu-Jaber
Contributor

The UN has formally concluded that Israel’s settlements in the West Bank violate international law.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Michael Sallah Describes Pulitzer Prize-Winning Tiger Force Investigation

Comments (0) | Media, Mike Sallah, Tiger Force, Toledo Blade, Vietnam War, war crimes

Mike Sallah, Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism

Jordan Lee
Staff Reporter

'Tiger Force' exposed the atrocities of an elite Army platoon during the Vietnam war.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Desmond Tutu Wants Bush, Blair To Be Tried In The Hague

Comments (0) | Demond Tutu, george w. bush, Hague, ICC, International, Iraq War, the Middle East, Tony Blair, war crimes, weapons of mass destruction

Dawn Megli
Executive Producer

Nine years after the war began, Iraq's death toll continues to rise. Will Tutu's remarks have any traction or will they be lost in the noise over Syria and Iran?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Charles Taylor Sentencing A Step In The Right Direction

Comments (0) | blood diamonds, brenda hollis, Charles Taylor, charles taylor sentence, liberia, Opinion, Sierra Leone, the hague, war crimes

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Francesca Bessey
Staff Contributor

The sentence indicates that justice has been served for heinous crimes against humanity.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Charles Taylor Conviction Is Reminder Of Necessity Of International Law

Comments (1) | Charles Taylor, child soldiers, darfur, Genocide, human rights, ICC, International Criminal Court, international law, Joseph Kony, Justice, Nuremberg Trials, Omar Bashir, Opinion, Sierra Leone, the hague, un, United Nations, war crimes

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Francesca Bessey
Staff Contributor

The world needs a body of international law with global jurisdiction and adequate resources.

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