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- Former Rwandan government minister Nyiramasuhuko convicted of genocide
- Obama announces troop reductions in Afghanistan
- Nebraska's two nuclear plants near Omaha on alert
- Libyan rebels in Misrata restrict press freedoms
- RIA Novosti celebrates 70th anniversary, uploads 100 images to Wikimedia Commons
| Former Rwandan government minister Nyiramasuhuko convicted of genocide Posted: Friday, June 24, 2011
At the time of the genocide in 1994, Nyiramasuhuko was minister for the family and women's affairs in Juvénal Habyarimana's government. According to prosecutor Holo Makwaia, Nyiramasuhuko intended to "destroy in whole or in part the Tutsi ethnic group in Butare". Following the genocide, she fled Rwanda and was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1997. More... |
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| Libyan rebels in Misrata restrict press freedoms Posted: Friday, June 24, 2011
Rebel authorities in the Libyan city of Misrata have begun implementing tighter restrictions on foreign journalists in the city this week, in response to fears that spies for President Muammar al-Gaddafi may be among them. More... |
| RIA Novosti celebrates 70th anniversary, uploads 100 images to Wikimedia Commons Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2011 Celebrating their 70th anniversary, news agency RIA Novosti, along with the Russian chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, have started the 'Eternal Values' project. This project includes the release of images from RIA's archive to the public under free licenses. During the first phase, one hundred World War II-time photos were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons share alike license. The license allows the images to be freely used, including within the commercial industry without a fee and allows for creations of derivative works provided any resulting work is redistributed under the same license and properly attributed to its author. The project is supported by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who uploaded one of the images to Wikimedia Commons himself. More... |
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