Bosnienserben Monika Karan Ilic dömdes i dag till fyra års fängelse för krigsbrott mot civila under Bosnienkriget 1992-1995.

mcleland writes "The BBC reports that Nintendo is now using the content ID match feature in YouTube to identify screencap videos of people playing their games. They then take over the advertising that appears with the video, and thus the ad revenue. Nintendo gets it all, and the creators of these videos (which are like extended fan-made commercials for the games) get nothing. Corporate gibberish to justify this: 'In a statement, the firm said the move was part of an "on-going push to ensure Nintendo content is shared across social media."'"

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Flera skott avlossades i Göteborg vid sjutiden i kväll.

Militären i Nigeria satte i dag in stridsflyg mot islamistsekten Boko Haram, och dussintals aktivister ska ha dödats enligt militären.

Spänningen mellan sunniter och shiiter ökar i Irak och oron växer för fler hämndattacker.

En cyklist blev oprovocerat attackerad av en 46-årig man med järnrör i Hällefors på fredagen.

En motorcykelförare har avlidit efter en krock med en personbil på väg 123 mellan Mjällby och Sölvesborg, skriver BLT/Sydöstran på nätet.

New submitter SessionExpired writes "Five 9th graders from Denmark have shown that garden cress won't germinate when placed near a router (Google Translation of Danish original. Article text is in Danish, but the pictures illustrate their results. The exact mechanism is still unknown (Danish original), but experts have shown interest in reproducing the experiment."

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At least 72 dead and many wounded in bombings in several cities, including Baghdad, amid fears of more sectarian strife.

J.J. Abrams’ 2009 reboot of Star Trek was wildly successful. It raked in hundreds of millions at the box office, and revitalized the Star Trek franchise, which had languished for 7 years without a new film and 4 years without a TV presence (after 18 consecutive years of new shows). It also did something no Trek movie had done before; it made Star Trek ‘cool’ in the public consciousness. Combined, those factors ensured Abrams would get another turn at the helm of a Trek movie, and sooner rather than later. With today's release of Star Trek: Into Darkness, that trend is very likely to continue. It's a movie with all the same strengths and weaknesses of its predecessor, and if it worked before, it'll work again. Read on for our review.

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