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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Congolese Warlord Sentenced To 14 Years For Using Child Soldiers

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court sentenced a Congolese warlord to 14 years in prison on Tuesday, a watershed moment for the 10-year-old tribunal and a potential landmark in the struggle to protect children during wartime.

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	Earl W. Gast: A Year After South Sudan's Independence, a Needless War of Attrition Between South Sudan and Sudan Many Sudanese people are trapped in the conflict zone, with little access to food, water, shelter, or medical care. However, the government continues to deny international humanitarian organizations full and unfettered access to affected areas.
	Nina Burleigh: Egypt's Women and the Military That rarest of birds, an Egyptian female judge, is at the center of a controversy about how the military colluded with the judiciary to keep control over the reins of power even as the Muslim Brotherhood was winning the popular vote.
	Bernard-Henri Lévy: The Tobruk Theorem Who, having staked all on crushing barbarity, would take the risk of being deprived of the fruits of victory?