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Archive for July 14th, 2008
Omar Hassan al-Bashir Charged with Genocide
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has filed a request for an arrest warrant for President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
From the New York Times:
Announcing the request, the prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said that Mr. Bashir “masterminded and implemented” a plan to destroy the three main ethnic groups in Darfur, the Fur, Masalit and [...]
Obama at the Gate
Should Barack Obama deliver a speech at Berlin’s iconic Branderburg Gate (that’s Brandenburger Tor auf deutsch)? Time Magazine identifies two moments in US Presidential history as iconic as the Gate itself.
Let’s see if you can identify the speakers by the words alone:
Ich bin ein Berliner!
Tear down this Wall!
Both worthy of exclamation points indeed. The [...]
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