Lithuania to prosecute ex-soviet soldiers in 1991 crackdown
Lithuanian authorities will pusue a mass trial for the ex-soviet officials involved in the 1991 crackdown. Two former soldiers attend the first round of trial.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, Defence Minister Penny Mordaunt, and other government leaders have expressed concern over legal action taken by Public interests Lawyers headed by Leigh Day against UK troops who have served in Iraq. They say that the accusations made in behalf of supposedly abused iraqi civilians are unfounded and instigated by these ambulance-chasers.
European Union diplomats are discussing proposals to post sanctions, such as travel bans and the freezing of assets, against rival Libyan leaders who want to block the attempts at forming a new unity government. The urgency spills from Euroepan fears of the Libyan unrest streaming over into their side of the Mediterranean, as well as concerns that Libya is becoming a base of ISIS terrorists aiming to destabilize Europe.
Russia and Germany have been exchanging irked sentiments over the alleged rape case of a 13-year-old girl in Berlin. Russia is hinting the possibility that Germany is trying to keep the accusations its details under wraps.
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