A Croatian court has sentenced Mirko Norac to seven years in jail over his role in the killing of Serb civilians and prisoners of war.
Another former general and co-defendant, Rahim Ademi, was acquitted of all charges. for more click here
A former SS doctor accused of sending 900 sick children to their deaths under the Nazi euthanasia programme has been awarded a German medical association’s highest honour.
The decision comes as Jewish organisations continue to press Germany to put 92-year-old Hans-Joachim Sewering on trial for mass murder. for more click here
The family of Robert Knox, the murdered young actor, has called for an end to the knife crime epidemic as they paid tribute to a teenager they had thought was “invincible”. for more click here
West Midlands Police apologized and agreed to pay broadcaster Channel 4 substantial damages for falsely claiming an undercover documentary about Britain’s mosques had been distorted.
The Channel 4 Dispatches program “Undercover Mosque”, aired in January 2007, featured secret recordings from Muslim preachers spreading an “ideology of bigotry and hatred”, London’s High Court heard. for more click here
The irony of George W. Bush going before the Knesset and mocking the late Sen. William Borah for expressing surprise at Adolf Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland is that Bush’s own family played a much bigger role assisting the Nazis. for more click here
ZIMBABWE’S opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was forced to cancel his planned return home yesterday after learning of a plot by President Robert Mugabe’s forces to kill him.
Tsvangirai had planned to launch his campaign today for next month’s run-off election for president with a rally in Bula-wayo that would have marked the start of what was billed as a nationwide “victory tour”. for more click here
Two senior executives at Britain’s biggest defence company were detained last week by American authorities investigating corruption allegations, the Telegraph has learnt. for more click here
Attempts to forge common European rules on returning illegal immigrants to their points of departure have protesters petitioning to have the plans withdrawn. The draft directive is under debate in Brussels. The text goes before the European Parliament for a first reading next month, and also to the interior and justice ministers. for more click here
There has been a major increase in the number of employers prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants.
The BBC has found that in the two months since a change in the law came into effect at the end of February, 137 firms have been caught employing staff illegally. for more click here
Detectives from Europe will be able to carry out investigations and even make arrests on British soil as part of specialist squads designed to combat international crime. for more click here