News 1st Look: Bosnia genocide suspect Mladic jailed

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Bosnia genocide suspect Mladic jailed

Bosnia genocide suspect Mladic jailed
Wanted Rwandan Hutu militia leader captured
CIA team to search bin Laden compound
U.S. puts Chechen group on terror list
Obama meets with other world leaders in France
Suicide blast kills at least 25 in Pakistan
Libya sends proposals for possible cease-fire
China acknowledges visit from Kim Jong Il
Defense official: Dozens killed in Yemen blast
Iraqi protesters want U.S. troops to leave as scheduled

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:44 PM PDT

After more than 15 years in hiding, onetime Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was in a Belgrade jail to face charges that he presided over Europe's worst massacre since World War II. FULL STORY | PROFILE | REACTION

Wanted Rwandan Hutu militia leader captured

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:47 PM PDT

One of the most notorious leaders of the Rwandan Hutu militia in the 1990s has been apprehended in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) announced Thursday.

CIA team to search bin Laden compound

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:36 PM PDT

A CIA team of forensics specialists has been granted permission by the Pakistani government to visit the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, to search for possibly hidden or buried documents, a U.S. official confirms to CNN.

U.S. puts Chechen group on terror list

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:41 PM PDT

The United States has added Caucasus Emirate, a Chechen group based in North Caucasus, to its list of terrorist groups, and authorized an award of up to $5 million for information leading to the location of its leader, the State Department announced Thursday.

Obama meets with other world leaders in France

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama heads to France Thursday for meetings with the leaders of the world's leading economic powers, following a high-profile visit to London.

Suicide blast kills at least 25 in Pakistan

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:24 AM PDT

A suicide bombing outside a police station killed at least 22 people and injured 38 others in northwestern Pakistan Thursday, a police official said.

Libya sends proposals for possible cease-fire

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:49 AM PDT

Spain has a received a message from the office of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi listing "a series of proposals that could lead to a ceasefire," a spokesman for Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Thursday.

China acknowledges visit from Kim Jong Il

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:52 PM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has met in Beijing with Kim Jong Il, the reclusive leader of North Korea, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.

Defense official: Dozens killed in Yemen blast

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:20 PM PDT

Government troops fought street battles with one of Yemen's leading tribes in the capital Thursday, leaving dozens dead as prosecutors sought the arrests of several tribal leaders.