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War criminal kills self in live UN court drama
December 5, 2017 · By Agence France-Presse for newsinfo.inquirer.net
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In shocking live scenes, a Bosnian Croat war criminal took his own life Wednesday in front of UN war crimes judges, apparently drinking poison just after they upheld his 20-year jail term for atrocities committed during the 1990s Balkans conflict. Slobodan Praljak, 72, died in hospital, after drinking from a small […]
Read More...Dengue vaccine dangerous to first time victims
December 5, 2017 · By JOSEPH TRISTAN ROXAS, GMA News for www.gmanetwork.com
A pharmaceutical company has advised against prescribing the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia to patients who have not succumbed to the virus in the past, since it may cause severe diseases in the long run. After six years of studying clinical data, Sanofi on Wednesday said it has found out that Dengvaxia was only beneficial in the […]
Read More...Bosnian Croat war criminal dies after taking poison in UN courtroom
December 5, 2017 · By Owen Bowcott for www.theguardian.com
Former commander Slobodan Praljak drank from bottle moments after judges upheld 20-year sentence in The Hague A former Bosnian Croat general has died after drinking a phial of poison while standing in the dock at a UN tribunal in The Hague, where his war crimes sentence of 20 years was upheld. Seconds after the judges […]
Read More...Argentina: Former military officials convicted for crimes against humanity
December 4, 2017 ·
Two former navy officers in Argentina have been sentenced to life for crimes against humanity committed between 1976 and 1983 under military rule. Captains Alfredo Astiz and Jorge Eduardo Acosta were found guilty of involvement in the torture and murder of hundreds of political opponents. They are among 54 people who faced trial for crimes […]
Read More...Pope Francis and The Lady meet again
December 4, 2017 · By Father Michael Kelly SJ, Nay Pyi Daw for international.la-croix.com
It would not have been “courageous or wise” to raise the Rohingya issue, stir the pot, and leave local Catholics to deal with the fallout. The much-anticipated second meeting between Pope Francis and Aung San Suu Kyi, following a get together in Rome in May, has probably disappointed those who expected it to focus on […]
Read More...James Bulger killer back in jail after being caught with abuse images again
November 29, 2017 · By Nadia Khomami for www.theguardian.com
Jon Venables, 35, returned to prison after he was caught with indecent material a second time during routine check Jon Venables, one of two boys convicted of the murder of toddler James Bulger, has been returned to prison again after he was caught with child abuse images for a second time. Venables was 10 when […]
Read More...Pope to meet general in charge of Rohingya clearance operations
November 27, 2017 · By John Zaw, Mandalay for www.ucanews.com
Rohingya political leader says dialogue with military could advance hope for peace and reconciliation In a move sure to stir controversy, Pope Francis will hold a private meeting with Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing at Cardinal Charles Maung Bo’s residence in Yangon. No time has been specified for the Nov. 30 meeting, one of […]
Read More...Beijing nursery ‘needle abuse’ of children shocks China
November 27, 2017 · By nation.com.pk
According to BBC, a Beijing nursery is accused of giving injections and feeding drugs to toddlers, in a case that has sparked outrage in China . Authorities are now investigating the nursery , which is a branch of the well-known RYB Education chain. The company says it “deeply apologises” for the matter that has caused […]
Read More...Ratko Mladic: Who is the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ and what has the former Serb general been charged with?
November 27, 2017 · By Samuel Osborne for www.independent.co.uk
UN tribunal says 74-year-old ‘significantly contributed’ to genocide in Srebrenica and ‘personally directed’ bombardment of Sarajevo Two decades ago, Ratko Mladic was seen as the brash general leading nationalist Bosnian Serbs towards a seemingly sweeping victory in Bosnia’s war. Now, he was reduced to an ailing old man trying in vain to delay a United […]
Read More...YouTube child abuse reporting system ‘flawed’
November 24, 2017 · By Elizabeth Cassin, Anisa Subedar and Mike Wendling for www.bbc.com
Part of YouTube’s system for reporting sexualised comments left on children’s videos has not been functioning correctly for more than a year, say volunteer moderators. They say there could be up to 100,000 predatory accounts leaving indecent comments on videos. A BBC Trending investigation has discovered a flaw in a tool that enables the public […]
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