A court has cleared the Netherlands of liability in the deaths of the vast majority of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslims slain in the Srebrenica massacre 19 years ago, but says it has to compensate the families of more than 300 men turned over to Bosnian Serb forces and later killed.
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Iraqi forces have withdrawn from the militant-held northern Iraqi city of Tikrit after a new push to retake the city met heavy resistance, a soldier who fought in the battle said on Wednesday.
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Pitcher Brady Aiken, the No. 1 overall draft pick in June, appeared to have agreed to a $6.5 million US bonus with Houston. Now, the Astros are trying to sign him to much less money, suggesting he has an elbow ligament injury. Is there an injury or is Houston trying to save money?
Category: Sports/Baseball/MLB
A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort.
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China on Wednesday moved an oil rig that it had deployed in a section of the South China Sea, triggering a dispute with Vietnam.
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In a letter to NDP MLA Rachel Notley, Merwan Saher confirmed his office is planning to perform a systems audit “in the near future.”
Category: News/Canada/Edmonton