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Serbia’s Seselj Mocks Hague Tribunal in Reality Show
After Serbian nationalist politician Vojsilav Seselj mocked the Hague Tribunal by posing as a judge on a reality TV show, the UN war crimes court issued a new warning over his upcoming appeal hearings.
70,000 to be evacuated over WWII bomb in Frankfurt
Some 70,000 people in Frankfurt will have to leave their homes this weekend in one of the biggest such evacuations in post-war Germany, police said Aug. 30, after an unexploded World War-II bomb nicknamed "blockbuster" was uncovered.
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China bolsters defences on North Korean border amid tensions over nuclear program
China has been building up its defences along its border with North Korea, a report says, amid tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.
Beijing has established a new border brigade, built bunkers to protect civilians against nuclear blasts, and set up 24-hour surveillance along its frontier, the Wall Street Journal said.
9 Factors that caused the First Crusade
On the surface, the First Crusade looks like something with a simple cause – the hatred of one religious group for another. In reality, the causes were far more complex. A wide range of factors led to Pope Urban II’s call to arms in 1095, and to the eagerness of men to follow his lead.
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US to approve sale of missile systems to Romania
The US Department of State has approved a potential sale of Patriot air defense systems to Romania worth USD 3.9 billion.
This was announced by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Sputnik reported.
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War has cost $226 billion to Syria economy: World Bank
Syria's six-year conflict has ravaged its infrastructure and caused losses to its economy of $226 billion, according to estimates published by the World Bank on July 10.
The devastating war has killed over 320,000 people and displaced more than half the country's population since it began in March 2011.
Kosovo Ex-Commander Lushtaku Cleared of War Crimes
Kosovo’s Supreme Court has acquitted a former senior member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Sami Lushtaku, who had been convicted of war crimes against civilian prisoners.
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Hague Tribunal President: ‘We Offered Truth, Not Reconciliation’
The president of the UN’s war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia, Carmel Agius, said the Hague Tribunal established many crucial facts about the 1990s wars, but its job was never to provide reconciliation.
HLC files war crimes charges against Red Beret member
The Humanitarian Law Center has filed a criminal complaint against a former high-ranking officer of the Special Operations Unit (JSO), Radojica Bozovic.
The criminal complaint was filed for alleged war crimes he committed in Doboj in the spring and summer of 1992.
Light shed on Greece and Poland's entwined past
Polish journalist Dionisios Sturis wondered recently what it was that attracted him to cover the journey that refugees from Syria made through Greece. He concluded that it was the "refugee gene," as he calls it, that he carries.
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