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Mladic trial: Prosecution to focus on Srebrenica massacre
Full Article BBC News
A war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to resume, with the prosecution focusing on the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Gen Mladic is accused of orchestrating the killings of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim boys and men in the town. In all, the 70-year-old faces 11 charges, including genocide, during the brutal 1992-95...
Former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic is seen at the start of his trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday May 16, 2012.
photo: AP / Toussaint Kluiters, Pool

Exclusive - Iran flouts U.N. sanctions, sends arms to Syria - panel
Full Article The Star
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Members of the United Nations observers mission in Syria wait at a hotel lobby in...
A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
photo: AP

Chinese in bold call for official's removal
Full Article Al Jazeera
A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of Beijing's leadership transition. Security chief Zhou Yongkang, one of China's top nine rulers, is viewed as a hardliner and is linked to Bo Xilai, the charismatic party leader whose...
Chinese Vice Premier LI Keqiang, right, and LIu Yunshan, left, Director of Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department, clap while Zhou Yongkang, center, member of Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Commitee, is introduced during a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, May 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan

Dramatic start to Mladic genocide trial
Full Article The Australian
HE is no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo "in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial began yesterday, Ratko Mladic still managed to reopen old wounds with the flick of his hand. Hobbled by strokes and wearing a business suit instead of combat fatigues, the frail,...
Dramatic start to Mladic genocide trial
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras

Germany to give $190 mn to Afghanistan after 2014
Full Article The Siasat Daily
Berlin, May 16: Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in 2014 as part of an agreement signed by both countries Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the aid to Afghanistan was a reflection of Germany's long-term commitment to the...
Germany to give $190 mln to Afghanistan after 2014
photo: DOD / Public Domain

Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts
Full Article Novosti
The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era distrust, Russian analysts said. “Neither side is attempting sincere collaboration. We’re still ruled by mutual suspicion,” Viktor Kremenyuk, deputy director of the...
President Barack Obama waits with Vice President Joe Biden before attending the STOCK Act signing event in the Hold Room of the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) of the White House, April 4, 2012.
photo: White House / Pete Souza

Ukraine Dismisses EU Plea Over Jailed Tymoshenko
Full Article Jakarta Globe
Kiev. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Wednesday brushed aside Western concerns about his government’s treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as misguided and unwarranted, indicating that Kiev was unlikely to change its mind. The EU has condemned the sentencing of former prime minister Tymoshenko — the top opponent of President...
Ukraine Dismisses EU Plea Over Jailed Tymoshenko
photo: European Community / EC

Greece to decide on interim government
Full Article CNBC
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's president convened the crisis-struck country's political leaders once more Wednesday, this time to appoint a caretaker government that will lead the country into new elections next month after nine days of power-sharing talks collapsed. The last election on May 6 left no party with enough votes for a majority in...
Greek President Karolos Papoulias arrives for a Political party leaders meeting at the Presidential Palace in Athens, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.
photo: AP / Aris Messinis, pool

Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Full Article BBC News
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. It is his last chance to speak at the tribunal in The Hague before being sentenced later this month. The prosecution will press its case for an 80-year prison term, which the defence has dismissed as...
File - Journalists take notes and record as they listen to the verdict of the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012.
photo: AP / Peter Dejong

Bosnia war crimes trial of ex-army chief Mladic to open
Full Article France24
AFP - Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial Wednesday, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his campaign of ethnic cleansing and the massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica. Prosecutors will open his long-awaited trial at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) before judges at the ex-Yugoslavia war crimes court in The Hague, just short of a...
Former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic removes his hat in the court room during his initial appearance at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, June 3, 2011.
photo: AP / Martin Meissner, Pool


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Mothers wait for the turn to get their children checked up at GB Pant children  Hospital in Srinagar,  on 17, May 2012.the summer capital of Indian kashmir,
Srinagar, May 17 (ANI): Locals in Jammu and Kashmir protested here on Thursday against increasing crib deaths due to negligence of the hospital authorities. Reportedly, over 300 infants have died in the...
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Greek President Karolos Papoulias, left, shake hands with the newly appointed caretaker Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos during the swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Athens: The Greek caretaker government, which will lead the country to the second round of national polls in June, was sworn in on Thursday morning at a ceremony held at the Presidential mansion in Athens. Headed by Panayiotis Pikrammenos, top judge...
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels on Friday, March 2, 2012.
As Madrid's borrowing costs spiked to levels widely seen as unsustainable, Mariano Rajoy warned that there is a "a serious risk that [investors] will not lend us money or they will do so at an astronomical rate." His comments came as...
photo: AP / Thierry Charlier
In this image from television, foreign reporters and workers in protective gear are seen at North Korea's main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.
Satellite imagery has revealed that North Korea has resumed work on a light water reactor that analysts believe indicates Pyongyang's intention to push ahead with efforts to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. The Yongbyon nuclear facility in...
photo: AP / APTN
Mothers wait for the turn to get their children checked up at GB Pant children  Hospital in Srinagar,  on 17, May 2012.the summer capital of Indian kashmir,
May 17: Rattled by large number of children’s death in Srinagar’s GB Pant children hospital, Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a high-level enquiry to probe the alarming death rate in the hospital. The government appointed director of...
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Mother and Child's Hands - Infant - Newborn Baby
Minority babies outnumbered white newborns in 2011 for the first time in U.S. history, the latest milestone in a demographic shift that’s transforming the nation. The percentage of white newborns fell to 49.6 percent of children younger than a year...
photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba
JLo tops list of world's most powerful celebrities
New York, May 17 (IANS/EFE) Jennifer Lopez dethroned Lady Gaga as the world's most powerful celebrity, according to a list published Wednesday by Forbes magazine in which the queen of US television Oprah Winfrey...
photo: AP / Chris Carlson

Exclusive: My father not guilty of war crimes - Mladic son; updated 16 May 2012; published 16 May 2012
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Exclusive: My father not guilty of war crimes - Mladic son
BBC News 17 May 2012, A war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to resume, with the prosecution focusing on the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Gen Mladic is accused of orchestrating the killings of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim boys and men in the town. In all, the 70-year-old faces 11 charges, including genocide, during the brutal 1992-95...

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Iran Shipping Arms To Syria !!; updated 26 Apr 2012; published 24 Apr 2012
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Iran Shipping Arms To Syria !!
The Star 17 May 2012, UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Members of the United Nations observers mission in Syria wait at a hotel lobby in...

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Zhou Yongkang And Bo Xilai Cannot Escape; updated 28 Apr 2012; published 22 Mar 2012
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Zhou Yongkang And Bo Xilai Cannot Escape
Al Jazeera 17 May 2012, A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of Beijing's leadership transition. Security chief Zhou Yongkang, one of China's top nine rulers, is viewed as a hardliner and is linked to Bo Xilai, the charismatic party leader whose...

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Fedde Le Grand live @ Sensation Serbia Innerspace Belgrade 2012 Generation 303; updated 15 May 2012; published 13 May 2012
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Fedde Le Grand live @ Sensation Serbia Innerspace Belgrade 2012 Generation 303
The Australian 16 May 2012, HE is no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo "in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial began yesterday, Ratko Mladic still managed to reopen old wounds with the flick of his hand. Hobbled by strokes and wearing a business suit instead of combat fatigues, the frail,...

Karzai Exclusive: 'No Blackwater mercs in Afghanistan in 10 years'; updated 16 May 2012; published 14 May 2012
25:56
Karzai Exclusive: 'No Blackwater mercs in Afghanistan in 10 years'
The Siasat Daily 16 May 2012, Berlin, May 16: Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in 2014 as part of an agreement signed by both countries Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the aid to Afghanistan was a reflection of Germany's long-term commitment to the...

Obama & Putin Breakfast; updated 16 May 2012; published 08 Jul 2009
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Obama & Putin Breakfast
Novosti 16 May 2012, The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era distrust, Russian analysts said. “Neither side is attempting sincere collaboration. We’re still ruled by mutual suspicion,” Viktor Kremenyuk, deputy director of the...

Visit to Ukraine; updated 10 May 2011; published 27 Apr 2011
2:05
Visit to Ukraine
Jakarta Globe 16 May 2012, Kiev. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Wednesday brushed aside Western concerns about his government’s treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as misguided and unwarranted, indicating that Kiev was unlikely to change its mind. The EU has condemned the sentencing of former prime minister Tymoshenko — the top opponent of President...

Greece to hold new elections; updated 16 May 2012; published 15 May 2012
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Greece to hold new elections
CNBC 16 May 2012, ATHENS, Greece - Greece's president convened the crisis-struck country's political leaders once more Wednesday, this time to appoint a caretaker government that will lead the country into new elections next month after nine days of power-sharing talks collapsed. The last election on May 6 left no party with enough votes for a majority in...

Charles Taylor Trial - Live Google+ hangout (recorded); updated 14 May 2012; published 25 Apr 2012
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Charles Taylor Trial - Live Google+ hangout (recorded)
BBC News 16 May 2012, Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. It is his last chance to speak at the tribunal in The Hague before being sentenced later this month. The prosecution will press its case for an 80-year prison term, which the defence has dismissed as...

Exclusive: My father not guilty of war crimes - Mladic son; updated 16 May 2012; published 16 May 2012
11:42
Exclusive: My father not guilty of war crimes - Mladic son
France24 16 May 2012, AFP - Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial Wednesday, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his campaign of ethnic cleansing and the massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica. Prosecutors will open his long-awaited trial at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) before judges at the ex-Yugoslavia war crimes court in The Hague, just short of a...

Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest; updated 10 May 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest
Yahoo Daily News 16 May 2012, A dissident at the center of a standoff between Beijing and Washington accused Chinese authorities of a pattern of abuse against his family as he again took his case to US lawmakers. Chen Guangcheng, a blind self-taught lawyer who last month dramatically escaped house arrest for the safety of the US embassy, telephoned a hearing of the US Congress...

Hollande vows to work with Merkel; updated 16 May 2012; published 15 May 2012
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Hollande vows to work with Merkel
Yahoo Daily News 16 May 2012, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed their desire to keep the eurozone together on Tuesday in key talks just hours after France's new leader was inaugurated. With all eyes on their first-ever talks, the two leaders also vowed that the two European powerhouses were aware of their responsibilities and ready...

Geo News Summary - NATO Invites Zardari to Chicago Summit; updated 15 May 2012; published 15 May 2012
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Geo News Summary - NATO Invites Zardari to Chicago Summit
Al Jazeera 16 May 2012, Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanistan continues. Nadeem Hotiana, an embassy spokesman in Washington, said on Tuesday that Asif Ali Zardari will attend the May 20-21 summit. "This meeting will underline the strong...

Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash site: Close-up footage of debris; updated 17 May 2012; published 12 May 2012
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Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash site: Close-up footage of debris
Dayton Daily News 16 May 2012, JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian official says special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano. The "black box" could help explain the cause of the deadly crash. Search and Rescue agency...





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