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Hungarian PM Orban Against New EU Migration Pact Over Hosting...

2020-10-25T15:33:30Z

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By Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers BRUSSELS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour viên gia giới] Orban on Friday rejected a new migration plan by the European Union's executive, saying it would force Hungary to welcome aslyum seekers, but he welcomed some other elements of the proposal. Speaking in a Reuters interview a day after discussing migration in Brussels with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Orban said the devil was in the detail of the proposal over how to handle arrivals in the bloc, an issue that has long divided the EU. "There are some goods news and there are some problems that are still not solved," he said, speaking in an elegant, art-deco hotel in Brussels, where the EU's executive arm on Wednesday presented what it dubbed a "balanced" blueprint on migration. "Some taboos have disappeared," Orban said, in welcoming the strengthened focus on sending back to their countries of origin those who do not qualify for asylum in the EU. But he said asylum applications should be managed in "hotspots" outside of EU borders, something seen as all-but-impossible to do for legal and practical reasons, and that those who come to Europe's borders would otherwise be detained. Rights groups have long raised the alarm about Hungary detaining, refusing basic supplies like food or pushing back people arriving from Serbia. They say it runs against the right to claim asylum enshrined under international humanitarian law. Budapest has lost a number of legal cases on migration at the EU's top court since Orban adopted his hardline policies following a 2015 rise in Mediterranean arrivals that caught the bloc by surprise, contributing to a rise in far-right sentiment. But Orban, his black face mask with a little Hungarian flag embroidered on it resting on a coffee table, was unapologetic, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] saying people can apply for asylum in Hungarian embassies abroad, or face being locked up if they come to the border. "Nobody can step into the Hungarian territory without having a legally completed procedure and getting a clear permission to do so," he said. "Migration in Hungary is a national security issue." A former liberal and anti-communist crusader, who then studied in the West thanks to the financial support of an ally-turned-foe, Hungarian billionaire philantropist George Soros, Orban rejected the notion of a multi-cultural society. "In Hungary, we are very strict that we would not like to have a parallel society, or open society or a mixed-up culture," he said. "We don't think a mixture of Muslim and Christian society could be a peaceful one and could provide securtiy and good life for the people." "RATHER STUBBORN" Orban said migration - together with protecting what he sees as Europe's Christian cultural identity and its high [http://www.newsweek.com/search/site/living%20standards living standards] - was the top challenge today, just as overthrowing the Soviet-imposed communist regimes in eastern Europe was 30 years ago. He criticised the Commission's new migration plan for envisaging a possibility that Budapest's commitment to send people back from southern EU states of arrival like Italy or Greece could turn into an obligation to host them in Hungary. "That is a very problematic point. It's not good, it's rather bad," he said. "It's nothing else but just renamed relocation. And we always reject relocation." While Orban said it was too early to consider a Hungarian veto, he said it would take months before all EU states even clarify their exact positions on the proposal, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] which Brussels hopes would resolve bitter internal EU feuds over immigration. He left no doubt, however, that Budapest would not agree to anything that could lead to Hungary being under obligation to take in people coming from the Middle East or Africa. "This point is not acceptable for the Hungarian people," he said. "That is why on certain points we are rather stubborn." (Writing by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

Tennis-List Of French Open Men apos;s Singles Champions

2020-10-25T08:04:23Z

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Sept 25 (Reuters) - List of French Open men's singles champions: 2019 Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Dominic Thiem (Austria) 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 2018 Nadal beat Thiem 6-4 6-3 6-2 2017 Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) 6-2 6-3 6-1 2016 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Andy Murray (Britain) 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 2015 Wawrinka beat Djokovic 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 2014 Nadal beat Djokovic 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 2013 Nadal beat David Ferrer (Spain) 6-3 6-2 6-3 2012 Nadal beat Djokovic 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 2011 Nadal beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7-5 7-6 5-7 6-1 2010 Nadal beat Robin Soderling (Sweden) 6-4 6-2 6-4 2009 Federer beat Soderling 6-1 7-6 6-4 2008 Nadal beat Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0 2007 Nadal beat Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 2006 Nadal beat Federer 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6 2005 Nadal beat Mariano Puerta (Argentina) 6-7 6-3 6-1 7-5 2004 Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) beat Guillermo Coria (Argentina) 0-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 8-6 2003 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) beat Martin Verkerk (Netherlands) 6-1 6-3 6-2 2002 Albert Costa (Spain) beat Ferrero 6-1 6-0 4-6 6-3 2001 Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) beat Alex Corretja (Spain) 6-7 7-5 6-2 6-0 2000 Kuerten beat Magnus Norman (Sweden) 6-2 6-3 2-6 7-6 1999 Andre Agassi (U.S.) beat Medvedev 1-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 1998 Carlos Moya (Spain) beat Corretja 6-3 7-5 6-3 1997 Kuerten beat Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-2 1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) beat Michael Stich (Germany) 7-6 7-5 7-6 1995 Thomas Muster (Austria) beat Michael Chang (U.S.) 7-5 6-2 6-4 1994 Bruguera beat Alberto Berasategui (Spain) 6-3 7-5 2-6 6-1 1993 Bruguera beat Jim Courier (U.S.) 6-4 2-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 1992 Courier beat Petr Korda (Czechoslovakia) 7-5 6-2 6-1 1991 Courier beat Agassi 3-6 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-4 1990 Andres Gomez (Ecuador) beat Agassi 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-4 1989 Chang beat Stefan Edberg (Sweden) 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 1988 Mats Wilander (Sweden) beat Henri Leconte (France) 7-5 6-2 6-1 1987 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) beat Wilander 7-5 6-2 3-6 7-6 1986 Lendl beat Mikael Pernfors (Sweden) 6-3 6-2 6-4 1985 Wilander beat Lendl 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 1984 Lendl beat John McEnroe (U.S.) 3-6 2-6 6-4 7-5 7-5 1983 Yannick Noah (France) beat Wilander 6-2 7-5 7-6 1982 Wilander beat Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) 1-6 7-6 6-0 6-4 1981 Bjorn Borg (Sweden) beat Lendl 6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-1 1980 Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis (U.S.) 6-4 6-1 6-2 1979 Borg beat Victor Pecci (Paraguay) 6-3 6-1 6-7 6-4 1978 Borg beat Vilas 6-1 6-1 6-3 1977 Vilas beat Brian Gottfried (U.S.) 6-0 6-3 6-0 1976 Adriano Panatta (Italy) beat Harold Solomon (U.S.) 6-1 6-4 4-6 7-6 1975 Bjorn Borg beat Vilas 6-2 6-3 6-4 1974 Bjorn Borg beat Manuel Orantes (Spain) 6-7 6-0 6-1 6-1 1973 Ilie Nastase (Romania) beat Niki Pilic (Yugoslavia) 6-3 6-3 6-0 1972 Andres Gimeno (Spain) beat Patrick Proisy (France) 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-1 1971 Jan Kodes (Czechoslovakia) beat Nastase 8-6 6-2 2-6 7-5 1970 Kodes beat Zelijko Franulovic (Yugoslavia) 6-2 6-4 6-0 1969 Rod Laver (Australia) beat Ken Rosewall (Australia) 6-4 6-3 6-4 1968 Rosewall beat Laver 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2* 1967 Roy Emerson (Australia) beat Tony Roche (Australia) 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-2 1966 Roche beat Istvan Gulyas (Hungary) 6-1 6-4 7-5 1965 Fred Stolle (Australia) beat Roche 3-6 6-0 6-2 6-3 1964 Manuel Santana (Spain) beat Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-5 1963 Emerson [http://www.recruitingblogs.com/main/search/search?q=beat%20Pierre beat Pierre] Darmon (France) 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 1962 Laver beat Emerson 3-6 2-6 6-3 9-7 6-2 1961 Santana beat Pietrangeli 4-6 6-1 3-6 6-0 6-2 1960 Pietrangeli beat Luis Ayala (Chile) 3-6 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-3 1959 Pietrangeli beat Ian Vermaak (South Africa) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-1 1958 Mervyn Rose (Australia) beat Ayala 6-3 6-4 6-4 1957 Sven Davidson (Sweden) beat Herbert Flam (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 6-4 1956 Lew Hoad (Australia) beat Davidson 6-4 8-6 6-3 1955 Tony Trabert (U.S.) beat Davidson 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 1954 Trabert beat Arthur Larsen (U.S.) 6-4 7-5 6-1 1953 Rosewall beat Vic Seixas (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2 1952 Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) beat Frank Sedgman (Australia) 6-2 6-0 3-6 6-4 1951 Drobny beat Eric Sturgess (South Africa) 6-3 6-3 6-3 1950 Budge Patty (U.S.) beat Drobny 6-1 6-2 3-6 5-7 7-5 1949 Frank Parker (U.S.) beat Patty 6-3 1-6 6-1 6-4 1948 Parker beat Drobny 6-4 7-5 5-7 8-6 1947 Joseph Asboth (Hungary) beat Sturgess 8-6 7-5 6-4 1946 Marcel Bernard (France) beat Drobny 3-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 1940-45 No competition 1939 Donald McNeill (U.S.) beat Bobby Riggs (U.S.) 7-5 6-0 6-3 1938 Donald Budge (U.S.) beat Roderik Menzel (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 6-2 6-4 1937 Henner Henkel (Germany) beat Henry Austin (Britain) 6-1 6-4 6-3 1936 Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) beat Fred Perry (Britain) 6-0 2-6 6-2 2-6 6-0 1935 Perry beat Von Cramm 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-3 1934 Von Cramm beat John Crawford (Australia) 6-4 7-9 3-6 7-5 6-3 1933 Crawford beat Henri Cochet (France) 8-6 6-1 6-3 1932 Cochet beat Giorgio de Stefani (Italy) 6-0 6-4 4-6 6-3 1931 Jean Borotra (France) beat Claude Boussus (France) 2-6 6-4 7-5 6-4 1930 Cochet beat William Tilden (U.S.) 3-6 8-6 6-3 6-1 1929 Rene Lacoste (France) beat Borotra 6-3 2-6 6-0 2-6 8-6 1928 Cochet beat Lacoste 5-7 6-3 6-1 6-3 1927 Lacoste beat Tilden 6-4 4-6 5-7 6-3 11-9 1926 Cochet beat Lacoste 6-2 6-4 6-3 1925 Lacoste beat Borotra 7-5 6-1 6-4** 1924 Borotra beat Lacoste*** 1923 Francois Blanchy beat Max Decugis 1922 Cochet beat Jean Samazeuilh 1921 Samazeuilh beat Andre Gobert 1920 Gobert beat Decugis 1915-1919 No competition 1914 Decugis beat Samazeuilh 1913 Decugis beat Georges Gault 1912 Decugis beat Gobert 1911 Gobert beat Maurice Germot 1910 Germot beat Francois Blanchy 1909 Decugis beat Germot 1908 Decugis beat Germot 1907 Decugis beat Robert Wallet 1906 Germot beat Decugis 1905 Germot beat Andre Vacherot 1904 Decugis beat Andre Vacherot 1903 Max Decugis beat Andre Vacherot 1902 Marcel Vacherot beat Decugis 1901 Andre Vacherot beat Paul Lebreton 1900 Paul Ayme beat Andre Prevost 1899 Ayme beat Lebreton 1898 Ayme beat Lebreton 1897 Ayme beat Francky Wardan (Britain) 1896 Andre Vacherot beat Gerard Brosselin 1895 Andre Vacherot beat Laurent Riboulet 1894 Andre Vacherot beat Brosselin 1893 Laurent Riboulet beat Jean Schopfer 1892 Schopfer beat Francis Louis Fassitt (U.S.) 1891 H. Briggs (Britain) beat P. Baigneres *The Championships became an Open in 1968, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] as professional players were allowed to compete with amateurs for [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] the first time. **Competitions prior [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] to 1925 opened only to French tennis club members and French nationals. ***Scores not published until after 1924. (Compiled by Manasi Pathak in Chennai Editing by Toby Davis)

Google Maps Adds Speed Limit Speed Camera Data For More Than 40 Countries

2020-10-25T07:51:49Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Automakers have been slowly adding speed-limit data to their embedded navigation systems, so it was great to see [/tags/google-maps/ Google Maps] begin to do the same, as many people prefer to use [/google/ Google's] app for navigation. However, this feature was only limited to a small number of markets. Now, though, it's expanded to a bunch more. Google has begun expanding its speed-limit and speed-camera information to include more than 40 countries. According to Google, as [ first confirmed byTechCrunch], the list of countries that can see speed limits and speed cameras now includes: Andorra, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] Namibia, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, the UK, the US and Zimbabwe. It's not like Google hasn't had access to this data until now. The company regularly displays such information in its Waze navigation app, but now these features are expanding to the more traditional Google Maps. In addition to offering speed-limit information, Google Maps can now also warn drivers about stationary and mobile speed cameras along a given route. According to TechCrunch's report, Google started rolling these [http://www.paramuspost.com/search.php?query=features&type=all&mode=search&results=25 features] out to new countries about two weeks ago, across both Android and iOS platforms. However, Android users will get an extra feature boost by being able to report mobile and static speed cameras, adding them to the system. This should provide a huge benefit to those who prefer to navigate with Google Maps -- not everybody enjoys Waze's UI or routing, so it's good to have some options. And thanks to the growing ubiquity of [/roadshow/auto/apple-carplay/ Apple CarPlay] and [/reviews/google-android-auto-preview/ Android Auto] in new vehicles, drivers can receive all the information they need through their infotainment system screen. Now playing: Watch this: Google Maps tips for summer travel 1:14 [#comments Comments] [/roadshow/car-apps/ Car Apps] [/roadshow/car-industry/ Car Industry] [/tags/google-maps/ Google Maps] [/apple/ Apple] [/google/ Notification on Notification off Google]

Bulgaria 39;s Top Ten Locations To Visit

2020-10-24T00:29:36Z

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Basketball Fans Are Getting Something New At The 2020 Summer Olympics

2020-10-23T14:55:04Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> US Women's National Basketball Team players strike a pose after receiving their gold medals in Rio de Janeiro. Tim Clayton/Corbis/Getty Images Basketball may have come from humble beginnings -- legend has it the first match in 1891 used [ peach baskets for goals] -- but it's come a long way and continues to evolve. Case in point: At next year's [/news/2020-summer-olympic-games-everything-you-need-to-know-about-tokyo-2020/ 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo], there will be two changes to the men's and women's typical Olympic basketball programming. First, instead of [http://www.blogher.com/search/apachesolr_search/dividing dividing] the 12 participating teams up into two groups of six, as has been done in the past, they'll be divided into three groups of four and compete in a round-robin format with only the top two teams from each group advancing. 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The team with the higher score at the end of the game is declared the winner. Competition format Only 12 men's teams will qualify for the 2020 Olympics. Rosie Yang/Unsplash For the five-on-five tournament, the 12 participating teams (12 each for the men and the women) will be divided up into three groups (A, B and C) of four players. During this group phase, each team plays every other team in its group, for a total of three games. The top two teams from each group, as well as the two best third-placed teams, move onto the final phase. In order to determine the pairings for the next round -- and avoid the same teams playing each other again -- a random drawing will take place with the top four teams in one pot and the rest in a second pot. The final result is a knockout-style bracket format, in which teams must win to move on. In the end, in order to earn a gold medal, a team will have had to play six games, instead of eight as in past Olympic tournaments. Men's Olympic qualification As host country, Japan is given automatic entry. The remaining 11 teams will have to qualify at select tournaments, starting with the International Basketball Federation (more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA) [ World Cup], which runs Aug. 31-Sept. 15. At this tournament, the top two teams from the Americas, the top two teams from Europe, and the top teams from Africa, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] Asia and Oceania will qualify for Tokyo. The 16 next-best teams, plus two selected teams per region, will then be invited to play in one of four FIBA qualifying tournaments in 2020. The winning team from each of those tournaments will qualify for Tokyo. The US men's national team -- which has featured NBA standouts like Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Kevin Durant -- have won 15 of the 18 Olympic Games in which they've participated, including handily beating Serbia 96-66 at Rio in 2016. But you'll definitely want to [ keep an eye on Serbia, Spain and Australia] leading up to Tokyo. Women's Olympic qualification Marta Xargay of Spain goes to the basket against Brittney Griner of the US during the Women's Gold Medal Game at Rio 2016. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Two of the 12 available Olympic spots have already been filled. As the host nation, Japan was given an automatic berth. The US has also already qualified by winning the 2018 FIBA World Cup. Competition for the remaining 10 spots kicks off this November with the first round of qualifying tournaments. The top 16 teams from these tournaments will advance to play in four mini tournaments in February 2020. The top two teams from each of those tournaments will qualify for Tokyo. 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Shots made from behind the typical three-point line are worth only two points; all other shots are worth one. The first team to 21 points or the team with the most points at the end of 10 minutes of play wins. Fewer players on a smaller court playing for less time means the players have to be extremely versatile, able to guard and score against a variety of different types and sizes of players. The result is an intense, fast-paced and exciting game. Competition format For the men's and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] women's three-on-three tournament, eight teams are placed into a single pool and play all the other teams over the course of four days. The top two teams advance straight to the semifinals. Teams that finish third through sixth go on to the quarterfinals. The Triplets take on the 3 Headed Monsters during BIG3 in Milwaukee. Dylan Buell/Getty Images Two knockout games are played in the quarterfinals. The two winning teams will meet the top two teams from the pool play in the semifinals. After two semifinal matches, the winning teams will play each other for the gold medal. Losing teams will face off for the bronze. Olympic qualification As host country, Japan is only given one automatic spot -- total, not per gender. Four additional teams (per gender) will earn a berth through their [ world ranking] on Nov. 1, which takes into consideration performance as well as how often they play in FIBA-approved tournaments. Three more teams (per gender) will qualify for Tokyo through the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (date and location TBD). And the last remaining team will be selected at a 2020 FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament (date and location TBD). The US men's and women's squads will take a slightly different path to qualification, however. 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According to FIBA rules, two of the four players (per gender) must be ranked in the top 10 in America in the FIBA rankings; the other two must be in the top 100. In other words, players cannot qualify without competing in FIBA-approved three-on-three events, which means if NBA and WNBA players want to take part, they'd likely have to do it during their 2019 offseason. So far, the top-ranked men's teams are Serbia, Russia and China, while Russia, China and France lead the way for the women. But with lots of three-on-three basketball left to play, [ those rankings] can quickly change. Whether the US men and women will field globally competitive teams remains to be seen, but you can follow the action at [ redbull.com/3X]. The information contained in this article is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as health or medical advice. 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Kosovo War Crimes Tribunal Arrests First Suspect Former KLA Leader

2020-10-21T18:44:34Z

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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A former insurgent commander, Salih Mustafa, has been arrested in Kosovo and transferred to the Kosovo war crimes tribunal's detention center in the Netherlands, the court said on Thursday. Mustafa was a Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander during the 1998-99 Kosovo conflict. The [http://www.dict.cc/?s=indictment%20charges indictment charges] Mustafa, 48, with four counts of war crimes including the beating and torture of at least six people and one murder. According to the indictment, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] which was made public after his arrest, Mustafa led a guerilla unit which ran a detention facility and interrogation site where inmates were beaten, tortured, given electric shocks and urinated on. According to prosecutors, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] Mustafa not only oversaw the violence but also personally participated in beatings and told one detainee he was a spy and was to be killed. "Following his arrest by the specialist prosecutor´s office on 24 September 2020, Salih Mustafa was transferred to the detention facilities of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on 24 September 2020," the Hague-based tribunal said in a statement. Under international law, Mustafa is presumed innocent until proven guilty. A date for his initial appearance in court has not been set, but he is expected to be brought before a judge in the next few days. In June, the tribunal's prosecutor released an indictment against Kosovo President Hashim Thaci for [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, including nearly 100 murders. The indictment has yet to be confirmed by a judge. Thaci, who denies wrongdoing, traveled to The Hague in July to meet with prosecutors. The Specialist Chamber was set up in The Hague in 2015 to handle cases of alleged crimes by KLA guerrillas during the war that led to Kosovo´s independence from Serbia a decade later. Local efforts to investigate alleged KLA war crimes have so far been foiled by widespread intimidation in the state where clan loyalties run deep and former rebels are lionised. The special prosecutor's office is based in the Netherlands partly to help ensure protection of witnesses. The Specialist Chamber is governed by Kosovo law but is staffed by international judges and prosecutors. Other suspects from the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s have been tried at the now-defunct U.N. Yugoslav Tribunal. (Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg, Fatos Bytyci and Toby Sterling; Editing by Toby Chopra and Angus MacSwan)

Tennis-French Open In Numbers

2020-10-20T21:14:38Z

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The Wooden Beetle

2020-10-20T12:43:08Z

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Former Kosovo Separatist Commander Appears In Court

2020-10-18T02:06:12Z

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A former commander of separatist fighters in Kosovo´s 1998-1999 war appeared at a special court in the Netherlands on Monday to face charges that he was involved in the torture of detainees and the murder of one prisoner held at a compound in Kosovo during the conflict. Salih Mustafa was arrested Thursday and transferred to the Netherlands to stand trial. He is the first suspect to appear in court at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. He sat in the courtroom wearing a suit and tie and a face mask, which he removed as he stood and confirmed his name and other personal details, identifying himself as an economist and adviser to the Kosovo defense ministry. He listened in silence as a court officer read out the four charges against him, and Presiding Judge Nicolas Guillou read him his rights. Mustafa didn't enter pleas to the charges during the 35-minute hearing. He has 30 days to enter pleas. The Kosovo Liberation Army was made up of ethnic Albanian rebels who fought for Kosovo´s independence from Serbia. Mustafa oversaw fighters in the Llapi area, 35 kilometers (20 miles) north of the capital, [http://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=Pristina Pristina]. Mustafa is charged with the war crimes of arbitrary detention, cruel treatment, the torture of at least six people and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] the murder of one person at a detention compound in Zllash, Kosovo, in April 1999. The victims were accused by KLA fighters of collaborating with Serbs or not supporting the KLA, according to the indictment. In one incident alleged in the indictment, Mustafa interrogated a detainee "about his knowledge of the identities of thieves and spies, and beat him with a baseball bat all over his body, causing him severe mental harm and severe physical injuries." He is charged in the indictment under different modes of criminal liability, including command responsibility and as a member of a joint criminal enterprise. The court and an associated Special Prosecutor´s Office were established five years ago following a 2011 report by the Council of Europe, a human rights body, that included allegations that KLA fighters trafficked human organs taken from prisoners and killed Serbs and fellow ethnic Albanians. The court is mandated to investigate and prosecute allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Kosovo, or linked to the Kosovo conflict, from 1998-2000. Two leaders of the Kosovar war veterans´ association, Hysni Gucati and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] Nasim Haradinaj, were arrested last week and transferred to The Hague accused of "offences against the administration of justice, namely intimidation of witnesses, retaliation and violation of secrecy of proceedings," the court said. They are likely to make their first appearances before the court in coming days. Prosecutors in The Hague also have isssued an indictment against Kosovar President Hashim Thaci, former parliamentary speaker Kadri Veseli, and others for crimes that include murder, enforced disappearances, persecution and torture. A pre-trial judge has yet to confirm those indictments. Both men have denied committing any war crimes. The 1998-1999 war for Kosovo´s independence from Serbia left more than 10,000 people dead - most of them ethnic Albanians from Kosovo. More than 1,600 people remain unaccounted for. The fighting ended after a 78-day NATO air campaign against Serbian troops. Kosovo, which is dominated by ethnic Albanians, declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a move recognized by many Western nations but not Serbia or its allies Russia and China.

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