The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor tells the BBC he believes the net is closing around Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda.

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Congo warlord’s ‘days numbered’

Egyptian investigating judges on Sunday referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial before a criminal court for allegedly being involved in banned activities and illegally receiving foreign funds, security officials said.

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Egypt Sends 43 NGO Workers to Trial Over Funds

NEW YORK — A man accused of spraying gasoline on a 73-year-old woman and setting her ablaze in an elevator was charged Monday with murder and arson, appearing in court with the left side of his face blistered and burned, his upper lip swollen. Jerome Isaac, 47, said nothing during the brief hearing in Brooklyn criminal court, where he was ordered held without bail in the death of Deloris Gillespie. His lawyer requested solitary confinement and medical attention but did not speak outside court. Read full article > >

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Man suspected of torching 73-year-old woman in NYC elevator is charged with murder, arson

Ivory Coast’s ex-President Laurent Gbagbo, ousted after last year’s disputed polls, is being transferred to the International Criminal Court at The Hague.

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Activists in Mexico ask the International Criminal Court to investigate President Felipe Calderon and other top officials over the torture and killing of civilians.

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ZINTAN, Libya — Libya’s new leaders said Sunday they will try Moammar Gadhafi’s son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court where he’s charged with crimes against humanity. The government also announced the capture of the toppled regime’s intelligence minister, who is also wanted by the court. Read full article > >

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Libyan government says it will try Gadhafi’s son at home, won’t send him to Hague court

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrives in Ivory Coast as part of an investigation into deadly post-election violence.

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KINSHASA, Congo — The race to lead sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country kicks off this week with presidential candidates registering for the November election, a vote that threatens to spark even more violence in this nation already wracked by back-to-back civil wars, and still haunted by a myriad of armed groups. Incumbent Joseph Kabila, who first took power after his father’s assassination more than a decade ago, had appeared all but certain of victory until the opposition announced some surprising challengers. Among them is Kabila’s main rival in the 2006 vote — Jean-Pierre Bemba, who awaits his war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Read full article > >

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Opposition unlikely to unite for Congo election in November that threatens to spark violence

When Ratko Mladic is handed over to the International Criminal Court, one of the gravest charges he will face is masterminding the slaughter of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995.

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VIDEO: The Srebrenica widow who lost whole family

It has been a bad week for Colonel Gaddafi – with more Nato bombardments, rumours of defections, and a call from the International Criminal Court for his arrest.

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara asks the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of serious human rights crimes committed during the country’s recent turmoil.

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Ivory Coast asks for ICC probe

TRIPOLI, Libya — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court requested arrest warrants Monday for Moammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, saying all three had committed crimes against humanity in the killings of Libyan protesters over the past three months. The request, accompanied by a 74-page dossier detailing the alleged crimes, was bolstered by information from “high-level officials in Gaddafi’s regime” who contacted The Hague in the past week, prosecutors said. Read full article > >

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International prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Moammar Gaddafi

After conducting an exhaustive investigation, including 30 missions to 11 countries and interviews with more than 50 witnesses, the International Criminal Court in The Hague is expected to seek the arrest of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi Sunday for…

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Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, said that he would seek arrest warrants for three senior officials in Libya on charges of crimes against humanity.

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Hague Court Seeks Warrants for Libyan Officials

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will release details Wednesday of his investigation into whether Moammar Gadhafi’s government committed crimes against humanity in the civil war raging in Libya.

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Libya war crimes arrest warrants sought