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Owners of cafes

Stoner voters targeted in Dutch election campaign

Owners of cafes, where bags of hashish are sold alongside cups of coffee, are mounting a get-out-the-stoner-vote campaign ahead of the Dutch election.

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt.

Usain Bolt gets ready to strike again

Usain Bolt will attempt to defend the 200m title he won in Beijing four years ago in the same way he has already repeated in the 100m in London.

Charles Taylor’s last bid to fight war crimes charges

Charles Taylor’s last bid to fight war crimes charges

Lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor have asked a UN-backed war crimes court for permission to reopen their defence case.

Charles Taylor takes stand for war crimes defence

Charles Taylor begins his defence on Monday against charges he led rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered, raped and mutilated villagers.

Nations look to Kenya to try pirates

Dutch prosecutors are dusting off the oldest international felony in their country’s books to tackle the 21st-century wave of piracy.

Sudan tense ahead of ICC ruling on al-Bashir

Tension mounted in Sudan on Wednesday ahead of a decision by the ICC on whether to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir.

Former Macedonian minister not guilty of war crimes

A United Nations tribunal on Thursday acquitted Macedonia’s former interior minister of murder, cruel treatment and other war crimes.

Hiddink says improved Russia will play Spain

If Spain expects the same generosity from Russia in the semifinals that it received in the teams’ first match of the tournament, it must think again.

Frenchman shatters world swimming record

Three days, three records. Alain Bernard set a world record in the 50m freestyle on Sunday after twice lowering the 100m freestyle mark in the previous two days at the European…

Trouble brewing over anti-Qur’an film

A Dutch conservative lawmaker said on Wednesday he is making a film to highlight what he describes as ”fascist” passages in the Qur’an, his latest high profile criticism of…

World Cup underdogs lose matches, win support

If outspoken former Wallaby winger David Campese had his way, the likes of Georgia, Namibia and Portugal wouldn’t be at the Rugby World Cup. Yet the underdogs have shamed their…

Charles Taylor expected to appear for pre-trial hearing

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor was expected to make his first appearance in a Hague courtroom on Friday for a hearing aimed at paving the way for his war-crimes trial.…

‘Tot and Max’ snatch Olympic pairs gold

This time, there was no judging scandal in the pairs. Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin eliminated any chance for controversy on Monday night in the Olympic pairs with a…

Gold for Russia in Turin

Svetlana Ishmouratova of Russia was near flawless on her way to gold in the women’s 15km biathlon at the Olympics on Monday, while two strong contenders for the women’s downhill…

Kwan pulls out of Winter Olympics

Antoine Deneriaz won the marquee event of the Winter Olympics on Sunday with a surprising late run to upstage the Austrians and Americans in the men’s downhill. Unsurprisingly,…

Horne’s irony was lost on Australia

Donald Horne, a historian and author who first labelled Australia ”The Lucky Country” and was credited with helping launch its republican movement, has died at age 83, his agent…

Govt takes aim at racy ‘reality’ show

Big Brother is watching Big Brother. Australian lawmakers have been tuning into a risqué late night edition of hit reality TV show Big Brother — and they don’t like what they’re…