Tribunal questions Saddam half-brother News
Tribunal questions Saddam half-brother

[JURIST] The Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) [official website, English version] Wednesday questioned Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan [AFP report], a half-brother of Saddam Hussein, in connection with crimes committed against the Kurds in the early 1980s. The tribunal questioned Hussein himself earlier in the week [JURIST report]. Although under pressure to move forward in the case, no date has been set for a trial to start. Reuters has more.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.