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- Hague court convicts 2 Croatians
Two Croatian military officers have been convicted of murder, persecution and plunder at a trial in The Hague examining their roles in operations to retake the Krajina region from Serb control in 1995. About 200,000 Serbs were expelled from Croatia and 150 killed during a related military operation. BBC (4/15)       - UN's Ban calls for Libyan cease-fire, political solution
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya as a crucial step toward a political solution that leaders of the United States, Britain and France say must include the removal of Moammar Gadhafi. "We call for a political process so that the Libyan people can reach their aspirations," Ban said at a news conference in Cairo. Google/Agence France-Presse (4/14) - Darfur refugees release aid workers
A dozen aid workers taken hostage by refugees in the Kalma Darfur refugee camp on April 11 have been freed after United Nations mediation, according to the African Union. The twelve Sudanese nationals were abducted after Sudanese authorities arrested a refugee in the camp. Reuters (4/14) - U.S. politicians urge Israel redress over Gaza report
The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution urging the UN Human Rights Council to rescind the Goldstone report after its lead author, who found that Israel knowingly targeted civilians in its 2008-09 offensive in the Gaza Strip, retracted his conclusions. The measure also asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to take steps to reverse the damage of Israel's reputation. Google/Agence France-Presse (4/15), BBC (4/15) - 10-year-old nets $180K for anti-malaria effort
The United Nation Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign to provide mosquito netting in developing areas to prevent the deadly spread of malaria is inspiring donors and efforts at all levels, including among the young. Volunteer Katherine Commale, a Pennsylvania fourth-grader, has been raising funds for nets since she was 5 and is now a spokesperson for NBN, having raised more the $180,000 for nets herself. Discovery Girls online (4/13) - UNF alliance aims to decrease cooking-related deaths
Open-fire cooking and primitive stoves continue to endanger the lives of 3 billion people around the world. The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a United Nations Foundation initiative, is working to provide clean, cheap and effective stoves to the developing world. An estimated 1.9 million people -- mostly women and children -- die every year from health conditions caused by prolonged exposure to fumes from cooking appliances. FoodSafetyNews.com (1/31) - Japan orders compensation for evacuations
Japanese authorities have ordered the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to provide financial compensation to the tens of thousands of people driven from their homes by the plant's post-tsunami accident. Radiation from overheating reactors has made its way into the air, water and soil in communities around the plant. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (4/15) - HRW urges Duvalier prosecution
There is enough evidence to launch a trial against former Haitian leader Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier for his role in abuses including torture and murder, Human Rights Watch counsel Reed Brody said Thursday. A Haitian judge ordered an investigation into Duvalier's case shortly after the leader returned in January, but his lawyers have argued the statute of limitations for prosecution has expired. Google/The Canadian Press/The Associated Press (4/14) - China crackdown sends powerful signal
 The scale of China's ongoing crackdown against dissent dashes hope that more economic openness and liberal interaction with the international community would lead to a freer China, The Economist writes. Dozens of artists, lawyers and activists have been detained and face criminal charges, and activists report widespread harassment -- and some physical assaults -- by security forces in a crackdown that has become increasingly forceful over the past two years. The Economist (4/14) 
- Popular divide widens in Bahrain after crackdown
Tension is growing between Sunnis and Shiites in Bahrain -- united, briefly, in calls for democratic reforms -- after the country's monarchy snuffed out the demonstrations at the Pearl Square roundabout in the capital, Manama. While many Sunnis are aligned with the government, Shiites are subjected to military checkpoints and potential arrest even in hospitals. Los Angeles Times (4/15) - Iraq discovers another Saddam-era mass grave
A mass grave with more than 800 bodies has been discovered in western Iraq containing what authorities believe to be former political opponents of Saddam Hussein, the Human Rights Ministry announced Thursday. The grave contains men, women and children, most of whom appear to have been Kurd or Shiite. Yahoo!/Reuters (4/14)
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