Long-awaited genocide trial opens for Ratko Mladic in The Hague
Ratko Mladic, frail at 70, appears in a suit as victims’ families glare through glass during the opening day. Prosecutor Dermot Groome says Mladic was chosen by Radovan Karadzic for his proven military skill and willingness to commit war crimes. The case highlights Europe’s pursuit of justice two decades after Bosnia’s war ended and the Sarajevo siege and Srebrenica massacre.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia
Ratko Mladic
Merlija Malic
Mladic
Serbia
Srebrenica
Europe
Dermot Groome
U.N
The
Charles Taylor
Sierra Leone
International Criminal Court
Omar al-Bashir
Pale
Milan Ivanovic
Groome
Radovan Karadzic
Karadzic
Soussaint Klusters
Nuclear drill rules trimmed near major power plants
Federal overhaul of emergency planning reduces required exercises for major accidents and eases immediate evacuations around nuclear plants. Changes took effect Dec 23, 2011, with one new exercise adding state and local police drills for possible plant attacks. Critics warn of weaker, slower preparation amid Fukushima lessons.
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Three Mile Island
Japan
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Michael Mariotte
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Associated Press
Federal Register
FEMA
NRC
U.S
United States
Coffee study links java with longer life
A large NIH and AARP study of 400 000 people finds coffee drinkers live longer, with one cup per day modestly increasing longevity. Regular or decaf both show benefits. caffeine is not the active factor. Observational results acknowledge confounders like smoking and diet. no proven cause effect.
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Esteban Felix
Yoshi Kato
Managua
Nicaragua
U.S
New England Journal of Medicine
Milwaukee
Java
Neal Freedman
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
AARP
Frank Hu
Harvard School of Public Health
Mind controlled robotic arm aids paralyzed woman
A paralyzed Massachusetts woman used a brain implanted sensor to control a robotic arm, picking up a coffee bottle and sipping. The Nature report from Brown University and partners notes the device recorded signals from a few dozen brain cells, translating thoughts into arm movements with about 60 percent success for reaching and four of six attempts for drinking.
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Nature
Brown University
Providence VA Medical Center
Rhode Island
Harvard Medical School
Cathy Hutchinson
East Taunton
Mass
Leigh Hochberg
Providence VA
Brown
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hutchinson
Miss World Fiji Crown Falls Into Controversy
The Miss World Fiji pageant faced a rigged controversy after Torika Watters, 16, lost her crown amid claims she was too Western in appearance and too young for Miss World. Judge says contest was flawed from the start as director Andhy Blake deflects questions and fans rally online.
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Fiji
Torika Watters
Watters
New Zealand
Rachel Hunter
China
Andhy Blake
Blake
U S lowers cutoff for lead poisoning
U S health officials cut the blood lead threshold for children under six, the first reduction in 20 years. The lower standard could mean hundreds of thousands more youngsters diagnosed with high lead levels, signaling greater risk to developing brains and IQ.
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Atlanta
U.S
Rebecca Morley
National Center For Healthy Housing
Edwards Defense Ends Testimony Without Edwards or Family
In Greensboro the Edwards defense closed without calling John Edwards his mistress or daughter to testify. Experts say the strategy shifts focus from a sex scandal to campaign finance law while aiming for an acquittal on charges he used over 1 million from two donors to hide an affair during his 2008 presidential bid.
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Greensboro
N.C
John Edwards
Steve Friedland
Elon University School of Law
Edwards
Rielle Hunter
White House
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