Report Cites Indiscriminate Drone Use by Israel

JERUSALEM - The concerted effort of international human rights activists to rein in violations of laws of war was given a major impetus when Human Rights Watch researchers presented a report [.pdf] Tuesday on the unbridled use by the Israeli military of unmanned...

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Russia Plans Abkhaz Naval Base

Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh says that his government has agreed in principle to allow Russia to create a naval base at their Black Sea port at Ochamchira. The construction of the base is expected to begin sometime later this year. The move will likely shore up the...

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Russia Accuses Georgia of Genocide in War

Today Russia released the findings of its probe into the August war with Georgia, with the head of the committee saying "we can say that we have witnessed the genocide of the Ossetian people." Georgia's actions in the war have been under repeated scrutiny since...

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