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Goldstone detailed the process through which the members of the United Nations Security Council attempted to select the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, which involved the vetoing of eight nominees for the position by council members...
Goldstone told those in attendance that he got an “amusing invitation from the Hague” to serve as chief prosecutor for the Criminal Tribunal dealing with the Yugoslavian conflict. Though he initially rebuffed the idea, Goldstone said his opinion was swayed by two factors: the encouragement of his wife and a personal phone call from then-South African president Nelson Mandela, who told him he had already informed UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that Goldstone would accept the position...
...emphasize this message, the editor-in-chief himself is one of the two models featured in the pilot issue...
...recent farewell banquet hosted by Iraqi government officials for General David Petraeus, an aide to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lauded the U.S. military chief's efforts to help bring violence down to levels not seen since early 2004. "We appreciate what you've done, General," the aide recalls saying, "but there's another American General who would be warmly and immediately embraced by all Iraqis, one who would help us even more...
...widely publicized case last year of contaminated pet food that got exported around the world. New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra, which holds a 43% share in Sanlu, said it knew in August that the milk powder was tainted, but Chinese authorities held off on announcing a public recall. Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier said that Sanlu's milk supply may have been sabotaged, and the company did not come forward with the information weeks earlier because it was waiting for the recall process to move through the Chinese system. "I can look myself in the mirror and say that Fonterra...