HOUSTON – (March 15, 2012) – Without new and sustained governmental reforms, India will not realize its economic growth goals or potential, according to a new policy report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty of recruiting child soldiers, in a landmark ruling hailed by United Nations officials as an important step in the fight against impunity.
The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria has received a response from the Syrian authorities on issues he raised when he visited the country to help find a peaceful solution to the ongoing violence, and is seeking further clarifications, his spokesperson said yesterday.
WASHINGTON – Richard David Miranda, a former Arizona state representative, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona to a two-count information charging him with defrauding a charity of more than $140,000 and evading income tax related to those unlawfully obtained funds.