Wednesday, May 16, 2012

HuffPost World Daily Brief: War Criminal On Trial.. Greece's Crucial Elections.. DSK Countersues..

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Twenty years after his troops began brutally ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs, Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal accused of 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Greece Sets Date For Crucial Elections
DSK Countersues Hotel Maid For $1 Million
Newly Inaugurated French President's Plane Hit By Lightning
Chinese Activist Inches Closer To Departure For U.S.
Bogota Bombing: 2 Killed In Assassination Attempt
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William J. Astore: The National Security State Wins (Again)
Despite his record as a "warrior-president," despite the breathless "Obama got Osama" campaign boosterism, common inside-the-Beltway wisdom has it that the president has backed himself into a national security corner.
John Feffer: America the Serial Killer
Dexter is all about U.S. foreign policy and the moral calculus of a superpower. Our government has likewise been on a killing streak, and there's no end in sight. But we are also, as a country, conflicted about this propensity toward murder.
Edward Zwick: Chut Wutty and the Heroic Fight Against "The Resource Curse"
The battle the Kuy and Chut Wutty are fighting against the march of logging, plantations and mining companies into the forest of Cambodia holds an uncanny resemblance to the plot of Avatar. Except this is real-life. And the bullets are real.
Iara Lee: The Only True Revolution in Syria Is Nonviolent
The fall of Bashar al-Assad is inevitable. But in order to ensure this outcome, the Syrian people must do so without resorting to the same violence that characterizes their opponent. The use of violence will represent a failure of the revolution and a victory for Bashar al-Assad.
Marcelo Giugale: The Greatest Generation of Argentine Women
Alicia Tamburelli and her generation would do something amazing, something that lesser leaders would deem impossible. From the anonymity of their kitchens, and for decades on end, they managed to protect their families from the perennial failure of their country's political class.
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