Topic: The Hague

Agustien set to seal Swansea move

Kemy Agustien is close to signing for Swansea City should the Dutchman prove his fitness, BBC Sport understands. The 24-year-old midfielder...
Timothy Steel who is the former vice chairman of the Queens investment bankers Cazenove has become embroiled in a battle with villagers over the...
New evidence on how Kenya's post-election violence was planned, funded and executed has been revealed.. . The International Criminal Court says the...
Dutch: It is "99 percent certain" Yemeni airline suspects will be freed without charge ...
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Hot on the trail of clues in Europe

A trio of late summer mystery reads take armchair travelers to Europe. First stop, Italy where the humid, oppressive Venetian summer is palpable in...

Mandela charity trustee quits over Campbell gems

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela charity trustee Jeremy Ractliffe has resigned after admitting to keeping uncut diamonds he received from British supermodel Naomi Campbell in 1997.Ractliffe, who was head of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF)

Naomi Campbell arrives at war crimes court

Supermodel Naomi Campbell on Thursday arrived at a war crimes court in The Hague to testify about a so-called "blood diamond" allegedly given to her by Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, an official said.Campbell arrived about 10 minutes before she was due

Author-lawyer Peter Robinson on defending Radovan Karadzic

THE HAGUE (Reuters Life!) - Of the more than one million American lawyers, California-born Peter Robinson is one of few to specialize in representing accused war criminals.He now lives in The Hague and is a legal advisor to ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan

NATO launches Afghan intelligence-sharing drive

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - NATO said on Thursday it had begun implementing a project to improve intelligence-sharing among foreign forces in Afghanistan, with the aim of boosting operational efficiency and cutting casualties.NATO officials said the Afghan Miss