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The Chamber further found that Bemba knew that MLC forces were committing these crimes. Although he was not physically at the location of the atrocities, he was the leader of his forces and had ultimate authority over all military operations. Bemba was constantly informed via military and civilian intelligence services with “information on the combat situation, troop positions, politics, and allegations of crimes.” Additionally, the Chamber found that Bemba failed to take necessary and reasonable measures to prevent or repress the commission of the crimes, or to submit the matter to competent authorities for investigation and prosecution. Instead, Bemba merely warned his troops not to mistreat civilians, created two investigative commissions, and had seven low ranking soldiers tried on trivial pillaging charges. He also set upthe Sibut Mission, which was supposed to be an investigation of the alleged crimes, but did not fulfill that purpose. Bemba could have withdrawn troops from CAR at any time, but did not do so until March 2003. Lastly, the Chamber found that the crimes were committed as a result of the Bemba’s failure to “exercise control properly” over the MLC forces, including remedying deficiencies in training and taking necessary and reasonable measures to prevent the commission of crimes, and submit the matter to competent authorities. As President and Commander-in-Chief, Assad could similarly be found individually liable for war crimes and crimes against…

It was last summer. While browsing on the Wechat, I was captivated by a story. This story begins like that a couple broke up at the airport. The girl said: “every day I am waiting for you. It’s just exhausted. At first I thought you would come back if I just wait for one more minute, but now I know there’s no point to waiting for you any more, because just like you could never get on a train in an airport, I could never expect the wrong person on the wrong place in a wrong time.” On that day…

Archibald Prize winner for 2013 is Hugo by Del Kathryn Barton. It's a watercolor, gouache and acrylic painting on canvas of the Australian actor Hugo Weaving. It's a large painting sized, 200cm x 180cm. The painting is a portrait of Weaving holding a cat with a weeping lilli pilli and a intricate and colorful background. Weavings facial expressions seem serious but natural and he gazes off to his right. Barton painted the portrait in her studio over 5 months and 4 sittings in 2013. Barton…

of the most influential composers of opera in any era.’’ Although modern scholarship has reduced his actual role in the reunification movement, the style of Verdi’s works lends itself to being the soundtrack to the Risorgimento’’ (Italy. 2015) ‘’Verdi’s music and political preferences were considered to be heavily influenced by the growing sentiment for Italian independence.(www.amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/1560301Gossett.pdf). ‘’The Aria is something of an unofficial anthem…