Friday 5 March 2010

A difficult week for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, openDemocracy -


A difficult week for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,

Author:
Heather McRobie
Summary:
The ICTY's struggle to prosecute war criminals causes a further decline in credibility in times when progress is vital for Croatia and the relation between Serbia and Bosnia.
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Partition Ukraine? I think not,

Author:
Adrian Karatnycky
Summary:
It is irresponsible to fan the flames of partition as Ethan Burger does in his openDemocracy article ”Could partition solve Ukraine’s problem?” Neither the facts nor opinion polls support...

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Violence and uncertainty underscore Iraqi elections,

Author:
Oliver Scanlan
Summary:
Insurgents strike polling stations as Iraq votes for its new government. Turkey withdraws its ambassador to the US in the wake of a House committee vote condemning the Armenian genocide. The...

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Goodbye to 'Churchillism': from Munich and Suez to the Iraq war,

Author:
Gerry Hassan
Summary:
Gordon Brown’s role in the Iraq war will come under focus today when he gives evidence to the Chilcot inquiry. We can gain perspective on this by considering the two British foreign policy...

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Bangladesh erupts in ethnic violence,

Author:
Pinaki Roy
Summary:
Bangladesh has been rocked by the recent flaring up of decades old ethnic tensions, as Bengali settlers set fire to hundreds of indigenous homes. Pinaki Roy reports from Dhaka on the latest...

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This is my witness,

Author:
Emily Stokes
Summary:
The human voice has a way of piercing through you. Emily Stokes listened to the testimony of the women of Burma.

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Strategic review, tactical retreat,

Author:
David Elstein

The BBC is not just one of Britain’s best-loved institutions, but also one of its most political. After a year of sniping from both Labour and Conservative front benches, the Ross/Brand affair, uproar over...

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