International Law

Gum-Chewer Charged with Insulting Kemal Ataturk

Veysel Dalci, the leader of a local branch of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, was charged with "insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk" after a military official spotted him chewing gum while laying a wreath at a statue of Ataturk on…


No Seat-Belt Citation for Corpse

A German woman was stopped and arrested recently after police got a tipoff that she was transporting a dead body in her car.  The woman was taking a relative to be buried in her hometown and said she was trying…


Man Accidentally Divorces Wife While Asleep

Divorces are much cleaner and easier under Islamic law than in the West.  If you are a man, of course.  Under Islamic law, a man only has to say the phrase "I divorce you" three times (within a relatively short…


Tangerangian Osculation May Not Exceed 4:59

The local government of Tangerang, a comically named suburb of Jakarta, Indonesia, has been trying to crack down on prostitution and address other moral issues for the past several years.  The Tangerangian city council’s laws first sparked protest in February…



Drunken Finn Continues Pestering Norway

Norwegian police said today that they have arrested, again, a Finnish man who insists on visiting Norway to get drunk and undress in public. Police said that the man, whose name was not released, has been arrested and fined nearly…


Death May Be Banned in Brazilian Town

The mayor of Biritiba Mirim, which as you know is about 50 miles east of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has submitted a bill to the town counsel that would forbid residents from dying. The bill does not include a penalty provision….


Typing Error Costs $225 Million (So Far)

The Associated Press reported today that an unidentified (and now unemployed) trader at Mizuho Securities made a small typing error on Thursday when making a stock sale related to a new offering. Apparently, he meant to offer to sell 1…


More Gripes From Accused War Criminals

More gripes from former Baath Party officials about man’s inhumanity to man.  They are quite outraged about this now that they are (allegedly) on the receiving end.  On Wednesday, one of Saddam’s co-defendants, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, complained that the United…


Saddam Denounces Deprivation of Underwear as “Terrorism”

Saddam Hussein’s trial continued on Tuesday, sort of.  Some witnesses have given testimony about the former regime’s criminal practices, but mostly Saddam yells at people. On Tuesday, he spent some time yelling at the judge, as he often does.  This…