Rwanda to release 10000 genocide suspects with weak evidence
Rwanda's Justice Ministry plans to release about 10,000 detainees held since the 1994 genocide after files show no concrete evidence. Radio Rwanda quoted Justice Minister Faustin Ntezilyayo as saying prosecutors and Defense Ministry officials discussed the plan. (Note: 120,000 detained per report. ICRC cites 126,000.)
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Justice Ministry
Radio Rwanda
Justice
Faustin Ntezilyayo
Defense Ministry
International Committee of the Red Cross
Court rejects WW II comfort women compensation claim
Tokyo District Court denies 46 Filipino women's damages against Japan for wartime sexual slavery, ruling international law bars individual claims. Around 200000 women, mainly Koreans, were said to be forced into military prostitution during World War II.
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Kim Daejung
Japan
Tokyo
Yoriaki Ichikawa
Kyodo News
Pakistan moves toward Islamic law in landmark amendm ent vote
In ISLAMABAD the National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment by 151 to 16 to impose laws aligned with a strict interpretation of the Koran. The measure obliges prayers and tithe collection and can override existing laws, sparking rights group concerns about a shift toward an Afghan style regime and amplified power for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
National Assembly
Nawaz Sharif
Sharif
Forme
Benazir Bhutto
Afghanistan
Taliban
Mushahid Hussein
Senate
Pakistan Muslim League
Russian imports drop as economy continues tailspin
Russia saw a 45 percent fall in September imports as prices surged and the ruble weakened. Pharmaceutical imports fell 71 percent, milk and sugar down over 80 percent, while officials consider duties cuts on basics to restock shelves. Parliament leader Seleznyov warns of delays in anti crisis plan as PM Mirakov’s cabinet hurriedly crafts a rescue package. Kommersant reports a proposal to issue gold coins to raise funds, using part of the central bank gold reserves to cover wages pensions and debts.
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Moscow
Russia
State Statistics Committee
Gennady Seleznyov
Par
Liament
Duma
Yevgeny
Rimakov
Kommersant Business
Kommersant
Mass grave unearthed in Bosnia
Forensic experts unearthed more than 170 bodies at a mass grave near Donja Glumina in Bosnian Serb territory, with officials expecting up to 100 more. The victims, mostly Muslims killed in 1992, join thousands already recovered from eastern Bosnia and the Srebrenica region.
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Dona Glumina
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
Jill Gould
Wichita, Kan
Physicians For Human Rights
Commission For Missing Persons
Donja Glumina
Tuzla
Srebrenica
Amor Masovic
Commission For
Celije
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Ivan Grujic
HINA
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