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Two Decades After The War, A Genocide Conviction For Radovan Karadzic

Edit National Public Radio 24 Mar 2016
Radovan Karadzic was one of the dominant figures of the Bosnian war, serving as president of the "Serb Republic" in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 ... You covered the war for NPR ... Karadzic was arrested in 2008, so his prosecution and trial took eight years and concluded more than 20 years after the crimes for which he was held responsible ... By contrast, the war crimes trials at Nuremberg, after World War II, were completed in a matter of months....

Syria after the war - " a polluted desert?

Edit Topix 23 Feb 2016
The land of Ash-Sham, including Syria, for thousands of years has been a beautiful country with snow-capped mountains, dotted with clear and sparkling springs,its slopes, in spring, covered with wild flowers- a place of fresh air and cool breezes. Having a balanced climate and pleasant weather, there were many parks and gardens with fountains and small lakes, and the vital rivers of the Euphrates and Jordan and their tributaries ... ....

LSE IDEAS advise Colombian President Santos on new policies for after the 'War on Drugs' ...

Edit Public Technologies 03 Feb 2016
With many member states looking to move well beyond the failed policy of the so-called 'war on drugs' and institute new policies, what might drug policy look like in the coming years? ... The report - After the Drug Wars - proposes a quite new international framework for thinking about drug policies ... After the Drugs War' will be launched at LSE with a public event on Monday 15 February 2016....

Former Vietnam Enemies Meet And Become Friends 45 Years After The War

Edit World History Online 02 Feb 2016
Six months after arriving in Vietnam, Dennis Murphy’s unit was involved in a firefight with the Vietcong when one of his comrades was wounded ... They swapped their old army uniforms, and Nguyen’s father gave Dennis Murphy a book that explained the war from a North Vietnam soldier’s viewpoint ... She believes that if the two former adversaries could forge a friendship after all these years, anyone can....

Ettore Scola: Award-winning director and screenwriter whose work explored Italian society during and after the War

Edit The Independent 29 Jan 2016
The screenwriter and film director Ettore Scola garnered a clutch of Academy Award nominations during a 60-year career, and won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film A Special Day ... In 1974 he had an international hit with the comedy-drama C'eravamo tanto amati [We All Loved Each Other So Much], a panoramic take on post-war Italy....

LSE Academics to Advise Colombian President Santos on New Policies for After the 'War on ...

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jan 2016
John Collins of LSE IDEAS will be presenting a new international strategic framework for drug policies after the 'war on drugs' to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at a major public event in Bogota ... Collins will present an overview of the findings of the upcoming LSE Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy's report, 'After the Drug Wars'....

Slavery and the pulpit: The message of southern pastors after the war

Edit The Examiner 16 Nov 2015
The Civil War produced four years of hope, and then heartbreak, which challenged the fabric of all Southerners ... Some informed their congregations that Satan had won the war, and addressed their parishioners in apocalyptic terms ... During the early years after the war Southern churches seemed to be stuck between the old and new arguments about blacks ... One in five Southern white men had died in the war....

New UN Think-tank Report What Comes After the War on Drugs

Edit Indonesia News 04 Nov 2015
Should the United Nations support the decriminalization of drug use? This was the question raised last week by Richard Branson, a well-known entrepreneur and member ... ....

UNU Report Launch: What Comes after the War on Drugs? (UNU - United Nations University) ...

Edit Public Technologies 03 Nov 2015
On 3 November 2015, UNU's Office at the UN hosted a launch event for the Drug Policy Project's new policy report, , exploring the upcoming UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem in April 2016 ... The event can be viewed live on UNTV here. ... The original issuer is solely responsible for the accuracy of the information contained therein....

What Comes After the War on Drugs?

Edit Huffington Post 03 Nov 2015
Our new policy report for the UN's own thinktank, the United Nations University (UNU), entitled What Comes After the War on Drugs? argues that UNGASS 2016 will largely confirm the current approach to drug control, despite growing calls for change ... States have not bridged this divide in preparing for UNGASS 2016, so What Comes After the War on Drugs? ......

Children of Civil War Veterans Still Walk Among Us, 150 Years After the War

Edit World History Online 12 Oct 2015
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was fought from 1861 to 1865 ... The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery, especially the extension of slavery into the western territories ... How many people alive today can say that their father was a Civil War soldier who shook hands with Abraham Lincoln in the White House? Fred Upham can....

Civilian Shermans: after the war – they went to work…

Edit World History Online 11 Oct 2015
After World War II, demilitarized Shermans were widely available and relatively cheap. Many were heavily modified for use in the construction, forestry, and mining industries. Often, the turret and upper hull were completely removed and replaced with whatever equipment was required for the vehicle’s new role ... Traxxon also produced a similar machine using the HVSS suspension....

After the war: Starbucks CEO, Syracuse University partner to help vets get civilian jobs

Edit Syracuse 22 Sep 2015
When veterans leave the military, they often take valuable skills with them. But it can be difficult to figure out exactly how and where those skills will work in the private sector. A new initiative aimed at helping active duty military members do just that is launching today in Washington state at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord ... It brings job training services to people before they leave the military....
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