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Appeal verdict due at Hague tribunal on Bosnian Serb Krajisnik

The Hague - Bosnian Serb leader Momcilo Krajisnik will hear on Tuesday afternoon if his appeal against a 27-year jail sentence for war crimes has been successful at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Krajisnik was found guilty in 2006 of various war crimes during the 1992-95 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Among others, he was found responsible for the deaths of approximately 3,000 Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats through murder or extermination.

The court also found Krajisnik responsible of participating in the forcible removal of more than 100,000 non-Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Cheryl Cole dealt another blow by brother’s arrest

Cheryl Cole dealt another blow by brother’s arrestLondon, Mar 17: Brit singer Cheryl Cole has been dealt another blow by another man in her life, her brother, who was arrested for assault.

Cole’s brother Andrew Tweedy admitted on March 16 that he assaulted a man by spraying CS gas in his face and temporarily blinded him, and also to possession of an offensive weapon.

Tweedy, 28, will be sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court next month, but he has got so many previous convictions that a jail term is inevitable.

Fritzl trial resumes in Austria

Fritzl trial resumes in AustriaSt Poelten, Austria - Josef Fritzl appeared in court for a second day on Tuesday as the jury heard further testimony of how he imprisoned and raped his daughter over a period of 24 years, fathering seven children by her.

The court was due to hear taped evidence from Fritzl's daughter, Elisabeth, 42, describing her ordeal and the birth of her children in a windowless cellar beneath the family home.

Oz pacer Johnson wants ''4-2'' Test win over South Africa

Oz pacer Johnson wants ''4-2'' Test win over South AfricaCape Town (South Africa), Mar. 17: Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson says his side is keen on achieving a 4-2 score line against South Africa, and hopes to win the Cape Town Test that starts from Thursday.

"The way we performed in Sydney (to win the dead-rubber third Test) and then coming into this series we wanted to play really good cricket," Johnson said on Monday at the Newlands ground in Cape Town.

Two activists deported after protesting World Water Forum

Two activists deported after protesting World Water Forum Ankara - Two environmental activists were deported from Turkey Tuesday morning for protesting at the opening of the World Water Forum in Istanbul Monday, a spokesman for a group in which they are members told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Walking 100 steps a minute achieves moderate intensity activity

Walking 100 steps a minute achieves moderate intensity activityWashington, March 17: While moderate physical activity is known to be beneficial to health, researchers are now suggesting people to walk 150 minutes a week, which is equivalent to 30 minutes each day 5 times a week.

Researchers at the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, point out that pedometers widely used as a physical activity monitoring tool are unable to measure activity intensity.

They have determined that a rate of at least 100 steps per minute achieves moderate intensity activity.

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