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The Hague Upholds Convictions Of Bosnian Serb Police Officials

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A UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague rejected appeals from two former Bosnian Serb police officials responsible for war crimes during the war in Bosnia in 1992. The appeals chamber at the UN special court upheld the 22 year prison sentences handed to former Bosnian Serb police officials Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed between April and December 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats were expelled or deliberately... Читать дальше...

Canada task force to study marijuana legalization

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TORONTO — Canada launched a task force Thursday to study the regulation of recreational marijuana ahead of a legalization measure the government plans to send to parliament in the Spring of 2017. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had promised to legalize the drug during his 2015 campaign. Canada’s Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould said that the

5 reasons the US should adopt Sweden's shorter workdays

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Futurists from a century ago would be disappointed in some regards with how society has progressed.

Where are the flying cars? What about the moon colonies? Perhaps most importantly, how come the workday is still so drearily long?

Automation is at an all-time high and technological advances have made us more productive than we've ever been.

Despite those big breakthroughs, the United States's 34.4-hour workweek ranks 16th highest out of 36 developed countries. Читать дальше...

US ambassador: Carry out N. Korea sanctions aggressively

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Countries need to step up enforcement of sanctions slapped on North Korea in March over ballistic missile tests aimed at furthering the Asian nation's nuclear ambitions, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday.



New York's first airport is being brought back from its ruins — and we checked it out

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About as far southeast as one can go in Brooklyn, at the very end of Flatbush Avenue, the site of New York City's first municipal airport bakes in the sun — its original purpose now just history.

These days, Floyd Bennett Field is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, a place where locals come to fish or camp, schoolchildren take tours, and disused hangars are transformed into sports complexes or public kayak storage space.

Far across the field from the terminal building... Читать дальше...

A new study found that 80% of college students have engaged in ‘drunkorexia’

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“Drunkorexia” is a colloquial term for the practice of skipping meals or exercising heavily before consuming alcohol. The trend isn’t new for college students, with the word “drunkorexia” appearing in news headlines — and alarming parents — for a few years now.

But a new study, presented this week at the Research Society on Alcoholism’s annual meeting, suggests the behavior may be more common than previously thought, and is an issue for male and female students. Eight... Читать дальше...

Journey to Jupiter: NASA spacecraft nears planet rendezvous

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jupiter takes center stage with the arrival next week of a NASA spacecraft built to peek through its thick, swirling clouds and map the planet from the inside out. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft is on the final leg of a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile (2.8 billion-kilometer) voyage to the biggest planet in the solar system. The engine burn — lasting about a half hour — is designed to put Juno on a path that loops over Jupiter's poles. Since it takes 48 minutes for radio signals from Jupiter to reach Earth... Читать дальше...

Judge: Indiana must list both moms for children of lesbians

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana must list both spouses in lesbian marriages as parents on their children’s birth certificates, a federal judge ruled Thursday, and end what she called a “discriminatory” practice of listing only the birth mother. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt granted summary judgment in favor of eight lesbian couples who sued the Indiana





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