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By not in system - AOL NewsTHE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A commander hailed by Croats as a hero of the Balkan conflict was convicted of war crimes by a U.N. court Friday and sentenced to 24 years in prison for a campaign of shelling, shootings and expulsions aimed at driving Serbs out of a Croatian border region in 1995. The conviction of Gen. Ante Gotovina was a blow to the Croatian view of its wartime generals as national heroes who reclaimed Croatian land from a more powerful Serb force. Michel Porro, Getty Images Ante Gotovina appears at the War Crimes Tribunal in December 2005 in The Hague, Netherlands. ...
International Women's Day: The 5 Worst Countries to Be Born Female
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsOver the years a number of organizations have attempted to list the "worst countries for women," often to coincide with dates such as International Women's Day. One immediate challenge: What makes a country "worst for women"? Some researchers focus on humanitarian issues, others on educational attainment and literacy rates. Then, of course, there are health statistics to consider, as well as cultural biases and economic conditions. And no matter how accurate the underlying data are, numbers can only go so far in telling us what real women experience on a day-to-day basis. Those caveats ...
Travel Agency Offers VIP Tours of Offbeat Destinations
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsThese days, traveling anywhere can be pretty stressful. Luckily, however, one specialty travel company has designed a luxury getaway that takes every last ounce of irritation out of jet-setting. Universal Travel System, or UTS, is a California company that specializes in organizing deluxe vacations for travelers who wish to visit unique destinations all over the world. Over the years, UTS has offered clients top-notch guided tours to out-of-the-way places such as East Africa, Suriname and the Guyanas in South America and Micronesia. This year, it's stepping up its game by offering a cushy, ...
Factory CEO Arrested in Hungarian Toxic Spill
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(Oct. 11) -- The chief executive officer of the industrial plant at the center of Hungary's toxic sludge spill has been taken in for questioning by police. Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced today that Zoltan Bakonyi, head of aluminum factory MAL Co., had been arrested and that Hungarian authorities had seized control of the firm, the BBC reported. The announcement came as environmental experts from the European Union were scheduled to arrive and workers raced to build an emergency dam around a ruptured section of a reservoir wall that threatened to unleash a second deluge of red toxic ...
Toxic Red Sludge Hits the Blue Danube
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Oct. 7) -- Toxic red sludge from a burst Hungarian metals reservoir has reached a tributary of the mighty blue Danube River, but officials say the goo's alkalinity has been diluted enough that it won't cause widespread contamination. The Danube is Europe's second-longest river, weaving through half a dozen nations besides Hungary -- all of which could face environmental disaster if the waters were poisoned. "The red mud pollution has reached the Danube -- its so-called Mosoni Branch -- about 10 kilometers (six miles) from the main branch of the river," Deutsche Welle quoted Tibor Dobson, ...
After Repeated Offers, US Finally Accepts Foreign Help With Oil Spill
By Paul Wachter - AOL NewsSince the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began more than two months ago, other countries have offered to assist with the cleanup effort. But until Tuesday, Washington had not taken them up on the offer. Now, the State Department says it will accept assistance from 12 countries and international organizations, of which only one, Japan, has been identified. According to Foreign Policy magazine, the United States has previously declined offers to help from Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom ...
Can't Spell NATO Without NO: Obama's Troop Request Denied
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyHuffPo reports that the US' NATO allies have spurned a request from President Obama for more troops in Afghanistan:STRASBOURG, France - President Barack Obama hailed "strong and unanimous support" from NATO allies on Saturday for his stepped-up anti-terror strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcomed their "down payment" promises of 5,000 fresh forces. The allies rebuffed U.S. appeals for more combat forces to join the war, but the backing Obama did gain at a European summit allowed him to claim an early victory on the world's foreign policy stage.The President downplayed this aspect of ...
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