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U.N. Approves 300 Monitors for Syria
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a measure Saturday that allows for an observer mission in Syria to be expanded to 300 unarmed military monitors across the country. Related articles UN authorizes 300 Syria cease-fire observers UN Security Council … Continue reading
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Mass Grave Found in Ivory Coast
International Criminal Court (ICC) investigators may have found mass graves in a western Ivory Coast town, where rights groups say fighters loyal to the president killed hundreds of people amid post-election violence last year. Laurent Gbagbo was sent to the … Continue reading
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Court Sides with Immigrants Expelled by Italy
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it is a violation of human rights for a State to expel migrants intercepted on the high seas. The case was brought by thirteen Eritrean and eleven Somali migrants rescued at … Continue reading
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Arab League Proposes Peacekeeping Force in Syria
The Arab League will propose a “peacekeeping joint force” with the United Nations to oversee the aftermath of a proposed cease-fire in Syria. The proposal was one of many points offered in a statement from the league, which met Sunday … Continue reading
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BREAKING: U.N. Resolution on Syria Fails
A United Nations Security Council resolution to pressure Syria to end its crackdown on anti-government demonstrators failed today after China and Russia voted against it. At least 7,100 people, including 461 children, have died since the start of the Syrian … Continue reading
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Supreme Court Sentences Duch to Life in Prison
The former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, raised his hands to his face in a Buddhist sign of goodwill as judges rejected his appeal and increased his nineteen-year sentence to life imprisonment. Duch, a born-again Christian, … Continue reading
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Khmer Rouge Tribunal Cannot Pay Cambodian Staff
Cambodia’s U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has run out of money to pay the wages of hundreds of workers as contributions from donor countries have dried up. None of the more than 300 Cambodians working at the tribunal, from judges to … Continue reading
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Arab League Calls for New Government in Syria
The Arab League is demanding that the Syrian government start a national dialogue with the opposition within two weeks. They are also calling for a national unity government, formed within two months, and for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over … Continue reading
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Khmer Rouge Tribunal Has New Special Expert
The United Nations has named a new special expert to advise the Khmer Rouge trials in Cambodia. David Scheffer, the former US ambassador-at-large for war crime issues, is ”very well qualified to provide expert advice”, the UN said in a … Continue reading
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Aid Delay Cost Thousands of Lives
Thousands of people, mostly children, have died because the international community did not respond to warnings of an impending famine in East Africa. Photo Courtesy of CNN A food shortage was predicted in August 2010, but donors did not respond … Continue reading
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