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Monday, April 22, 2002
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"US subverted UN in Bosnia", claims columnist.. The resignation of the entire Dutch cabinet over the Srebenica massacre has some interesting fallout reported by Richard J. Aldrich in an article in The Guardian newspaper.A report, issued by the Dutch NIOD (Netherlands Institute for War Documentation) on the investigation into the massacre of Muslim civilians due to Dutch military error, reveals interesting details about how the US broke the UN arms embargo and pressured UNPROFOR to rewrite reports. [kuro5hin.org]
7:52:53 PM
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the weather the next 2 weeks out here looks awesome -- 70's, no rain, nice
2:22:43 PM
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Bank 'Holiday' Worries Argentina. A banking holiday shut down equity and foreign exchange markets again Monday as small protests flared around Argentina over a deep economic crisis. [AP]
2:07:59 PM
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Sotheby's chief gets year in jail. Alfred Taubman, former chairman of Sotheby's auction house, is jailed
and fined $7.5m for rigging fees charged to clients. [BBC]
some justice? -- helps a pantload if you're rich
1:37:21 PM
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Death Toll Climbs in India Strife. Two people were killed Monday in religious strife between Hindus and Muslims in western India, bring to 20 the number of dead in two days of clashes. At least 105 have been injured since Sunday. [AP]
1:35:24 PM
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Saddam Orders Pay for Jenin Homes. President Saddam Hussein ordered that $25,000 be paid to Palestinians for each house destroyed by Israeli forces in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, the official Iraqi news agency reported Sunday. [AP]
8:12:03 AM
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GM crops vandalised. A field of genetically modified crops which has been at the centre of
an environmental row has been destroyed. [BBC]
8:10:05 AM
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