North Korea crimes evoke Nazi era, Kim may face charges: U.N. inquiry
QuestCinq.com/News North Korean security chiefs and possibly even Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un himself should face international justice for ordering systematic torture, starvation and killings comparable to Nazi-era atrocities, U.N. investigators said on Monday. The investigators told Kim in a letter they were advising theUnited Nations to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC), to make sure any culprits “including possibly yourself” were held accountable. The unprecedented public rebuke and warning to a head of state by a U.N. inquiry is likely to further antagonize Kim and complicate efforts to persuade him to rein in his isolated country’s nuclear weapons program and…
Venezuela raids opposition party office, expels three U.S. diplomats
QuestCinq.com/News Venezuelan security forces raided the headquarters of an opposition party accused of fomenting nearly a week of violent protests, witnesses said, as the country expelled three U.S. diplomats on charges of conspiring with demonstrators. Presumed military intelligence officers burst into the opposition Popular Will party office and attempted to forcibly remove several activists after throwing tear gas inside, according to party officials. “The intelligence officers arrived and began to harass us,” said party activist Adriangela Ruiz. “They threw tear gas, took computers and tried to take away several people.” The government has issued an arrest warrant for Popular Will’s founder, Leopoldo…
Ceux qui boycottent Israël sont «antisémites», dit Nétanyahou
QuestCinq.com Jérusalem-Il est temps qu’Israël réplique à ceux qui boycottent l’État hébreu, a affirmé lundi le premier ministre Benyamin Nétanyahou, qualifiant ces derniers d’«antisémites». Ces propos surviennent alors que les inquiétudes concernant un mouvement de boycott mené par des Palestiniens, connu sous l’acronyme BDS (Boycott, désinvestissement, sanctions), se font de plus en plus vives. Le mouvement a connu une recrudescence récemment, principalement en Europe, où certaines entreprises et fonds de pension ont coupé les ponts avec les firmes israéliennes qui sont censément liées aux colonies en Cisjordanie. Devant un parterre de leaders juifs américains, M. Nétanyahou a déclaré que le…
Michel Martelly en visite en France et au Vatican
QuestCinq.com — Le président Michel Martelly doit se rendre en France et au Vatican à la fin de cette semaine, apprend AlterPresse. Martelly sera en France le jeudi 20 février et aura une rencontre le 21 avec le président français, Francois Hollande, indique-t-on de source officielle en France. Le chef de l’État haitien aura également des entretiens avec des officiels du gouvernement et du parlement français. D’autre part, une rencontre est aussi prévue le jeudi 20 février à Paris entre Michel Martelly et la communauté haïtienne de France. Martelly doit laisser la France le 21 pour Rome où il assistera…
Medal count as of Now!
QuestCinq.com/Sochi Medal Count Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 5 7 6 18 2 United States 5 4 9 18 3 Netherlands 5 5 7 17 4 Norway 5 3 7 15 5 Canada 4 7 4 15 6 Germany 8 3 2 13 7 Sweden 2 5 2 9 8 Switzerland 5 2 1 8 Source:Agencies
Parents move to Colorado for ‘miracle’ pot for children
QuestCinq.com Greta Botker has been through more adversity in her short life than most adults. At the age of 7, she’s sampled a host of medications for her epilepsy: Onfi, Depakote, Felbatol, Keppra and Prednisone. She’s been on strict diets. She’s had brain surgery. Nothing reduced the 15 or so seizures she had every day since she was 5 months old that kept her from walking steadily, feeding herself or talking. Her parents, Maria and Mark, had run out of options. Then they heard about a strain of marijuana grown in Colorado that reduced the number of seizures in children…
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