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People like these should be dealt with swiftly and quickly… anyone who abuses children do not deserve… much.
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Judges at a war crimes tribunal convicted Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga of snatching children from the street and turning them into killers. A sentencing hearing will now be scheduled. Lubanga faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
from Morning Edition
How do things like this happen?! That people directly linked terrible dictators are allowed to be chairman of our educational insitutions?! >.<
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The student government at the University of California, Irvine voted Thursday night to call for the resignation of Dr. Hazem Chehabi, who is the chairman of its school’s foundation. He also serves as the Syrian consul general in California. He is a personal friend of Syria’s dictator Bashar Assad.
from Morning Edition
Super Mario, Donkey Kong and other classic games belong to class of hard mathematical puzzles – and playing Mario could be used to solve real-world problems
I guess Koreans are finally starting to get sick of StarCraft II and Fifa Online 2, because League of Legends (LoL) has made its way to the top spot in e-sports tournaments, replacing StarCraft II. Professional broadcasters as well as sponsors are now supporting LoL, which may be an effort to improve stagnating expansion of e-sports. More »
from Kotaku
On the left, Felix Baumgartner salutes as he starts his walk towards his space capsule in Roswell, New Mexico, on March 15. On the right, the moment before he jumped from 13 miles up in the sky. That photo alone blows my mind. More »
from Gizmodo
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