Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Saturday declared he would surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo builds a strong case linking him to the post-election violence. “I will not wait to be arrested. I will volunteer information,” he said.   Speaking to the Sunday Nation, Mr Odinga also backed the decision by the ICC to appoint a three-judge bench to assess... 

AMSTERDAM, 07/11/09 – Crown Prince Willem-Alexander has embarrassed himself and his audience in Mexico by saying in a speech that “a shrimp that sleeps is fu*king damned.” He accidentally garbled a Spanish saying. The prince, who was accompanying Queen Beatrix on a state visit to Mexico, was speaking at a conference with representatives of the Dutch and Mexican oil industry. He wanted... 

The Iranian regime has responded to mass protests in Tehran this week by implementing a crackdown on foreign journalists. Two Canadian, one Japanese and one Danish journalist are thought to have been arrested for “unauthorised reporting” on demonstrations that saw tens of thousands of opposition supporters take to the streets on Wednesday. The 30th anniversary of the storming of the US Embassy... 

HE HAGUE, 06/11/09 – The Netherlands is to have a research institute next year that aims to help international policy-makers combat terrorism effectively. Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen is giving the organisation a subsidy of 500,000 euros per year for the next five years.     The independent institute will be housed with an existing organisation in The Hague, Verhagen said in a letter to... 

Phil Woolas provoked fury today by claiming British troops are fighting in Afghanistan in part to keep immigration to Britain under control. The gaffe-prone Home Office minister told MPs the number of asylum seekers coming to the UK would ’significantly increase’ if troops were withdrawn. The Taliban would take over and large numbers of Afghanis would flee to Britain to claim refugee status,... 

      Five British soldiers were killed when a rogue Afghan policeman turned his gun on them inside a checkpoint. The UK servicemen, three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police, died when the officer opened fire at Nad-e-Ali in Helmand Province yesterday. A manhunt has been launched for the killer, who may have links to the Taliban, according to reports. The British soldiers... 

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally appeared at his war crimes trial in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, demanding more time to prepare.   Karadzic, 64, had refused to leave his jail cell since the trial started Oct. 26, insisting he needed more time to review the mound of prosecution evidence and witness statements, The Times of London reported   “I do not want to boycott these... 

  The Dutch marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands. Van Gogh, a distant relative of the famous painter, was shot and stabbed on an Amsterdam street Nov. 2, 2004, setting off a spate of mosque burnings in a country once renowned for its tolerance. His killer Mohammed Bouyeri,... 

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President Kibaki has named Dr Nelson Githinji the new State House Comptroller.   He replaces Mr Hyslop Ipu, who was moved to the ministry of Roads in April as a secretary in charge of administration.   Dr Githinji, who prior to his appointment was a senior manager with Coca Cola, will be in charge of all administration affairs.   A statement from Kibaki’s office said the appointment takes...