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Ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and co-defendants face a litany of accusations over the 2009 massacre
The trial of former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and other former officials over the September 28, 2009 stadium massacre opened on Wednesday in the capital Conakry, an AFP correspondent reported.
Dozens of victims who had waited 13 years for the proceedings packed the upper galleries of the purpose-built courtroom.
With crowds of journalists and officials below, they watched as Camara and 10 other former military and government officials standing trial entered the courtroom.
The proceedings were broadcast live on national television.
"It's like a dream, even if we've always believed it would happen," Asmaou Diallo, the head of a victims' association, told AFP.
Camara, 58, and the other defendants face a litany of accusations from murder to sexual violence, kidnappings, arson and looting, and Camara himself is charged with "personal criminal responsibility and command responsibility" over the crimes.
On September 28, 2009, and in the days that followed, security forces loyal to the then-junta leader slaughtered 156 people and raped at least 109 women who had gathered for a political rally in a Conakry stadium, according to a UN-mandated report.
The real figures are likely higher.
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters had been peacefully demonstrating against a possible election bid by Camara, who had come to power in a December 2008 coup before being sworn in as president.
Numerous testimonies report how security forces entered the stadium, cordoned off the exits and opened fire indiscriminately on a crowd that had previously been festive.
The killers attacked unarmed civilians with knives, machetes and bayonets, leaving the stands, corridors and grass strewn with the dead and dying.
They sexually assaulted and then killed many women. Others were trampled to death in the panic.
International investigators found the abuses could qualify as crimes against humanity, noting the brutality went on for several days against sequestered women and male detainees who were tortured.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, on Wednesday called on Guinean authorities to respect international law, namely on witness protection and the presumption of innocence.
"Justice... is not a cosmetic exercise", he said in Conakry.
"I will be watching this trial very closely."
- 'Political will' -
Pramila Patten, a UN special representative, congratulated the ruling junta for its "display of political will" for moving ahead with the trial.
Despite recurring commitments under former president Alpha Conde's regime, victims and relatives have been waiting more than a decade for the trial.
Delays by those in power and the impunity for security forces that had become an "institution", according to the commission, long cast doubt on the chances of a trial.
Then the head of the current military junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who came to power in a putsch in 2021 after 11 years of civilian rule, in July demanded the trial be held before the next anniversary date.
Camara had been living in exile in Burkina Faso but returned to Conakry on Saturday to stand trial.
Relatives say he intends to "clear his name".
The defendants were jailed on Tuesday and told they would be detained for the duration of the trial.
"I don't even dare believe that my rapists are still alive," one survivor, who asked to remain anonymous, told AFP.
"But the fact that this trial is taking place is a relief."
BRASILIA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist challenger were hunting endorsements on Tuesday, party officials said, as they fine tuned their campaigns for a runoff in an election that has proven more competitive than expected.
Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won 48.4% of the votes on Sunday, just short of the majority needed for an outright win against the far-right Bolsonaro, whose surprisingly strong showing won him 43.2% of votes.
The highly polarized race, marked by threats from Bolsonaro that he might contest the results, will be decided on Oct 30.
Bolsonaro secured the support of the governors of Brazil's three most populous states, the southeast battlegrounds where he and Lula are focusing their campaigning at the start of the second round.
Lula's Workers Party reached out to the parties whose presidential candidates placed third and fourth on Sunday - Simone Tebet of the centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement party and Ciro Gomes of the left-of-center Democratic Labor Party (PDT) - to win their endorsement.
Together they got 7% of the votes on Sunday.
Tebet is expected to back Lula and could announce her support later on Tuesday, though some sectors of her party may still lean toward Bolsonaro.
Gomes has had a history of clashes with Lula, but agreed with his party's decision to throw its support behind the leftist, which may help to transfer some of the 3% of votes that Gomes received in the first round.
Lula's economic advisers said they are pushing him to adopt proposals by Tebet and Gomes in an effort to build a broader center-left coalition to win the runoff.
Bolsonaro also nailed a key endorsement on Tuesday, meeting with the newly re-elected governor of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second-most populous state.
Governor Romeu Zema, who stayed neutral in the first round of the election, formally endorsed Bolsonaro after their meeting in Brasilia.
"Zema's support is more than welcome, it is decisive for my re-election," Bolsonaro told reporters after the meeting.
Rio de Janeiro Gov.
Claudio Castro, who is leading his re-election race in the third-largest state, also backed Bolsonaro.
In Brazil's largest electoral college, Sao Paulo, defeated Governor Rodrigo Garcia of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party announced he will support Bolsonaro in the runoff vote, as did the city's Mayor Ricardo Nunes of the Brazilian Democratic Movement party.
But these centrist parties are expected to free their members to vote for either candidate.
The president enters the second round with wind in his sails after his surprising success in rallying conservative sentiment, turning his Liberal Party into the largest in both chambers of Congress in Sunday's general election.
"We always knew Brazil was a conservative country, but we did not realize it was so conservative," said a campaign adviser who asked not to be named.
Party officials said Bolsonaro's strategy will now focus on drawing more votes from women while toning down the attacks on Brazil's electronic voting machines.
The president is planning to increase payments to women who are breadwinners with an extra year-end payment under an expanded welfare program, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.
The initiative, which would go into effect next year, could help Bolsonaro's popularity with women and poor families, two segments where he has faced resistance.
"His runoff campaign will have a positive agenda, with less attacks on Lula and no criticism of the electronic voting system," said the campaign aide.
Bolsonaro's attacks on the integrity of Brazil's electoral system, suggestions that he may not concede if he loses and pressure on the military to conduct a parallel vote count have made this election the most tense in Brazil in decades.
(Reporting by Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito Additional reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu and Eduardo Simoes in Sao Paulo Editing by Brad Haynes and Alistair Bell)
Tiger has 'passion' as a Cup vice-captain, says Snedeker By Reuters
Published: 19:04 BST, 28 September 2016 | Updated: 19:04 BST, 28 September 2016
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CHASKA, Minnesota, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods will not hit a single shot in competition at this week's Ryder Cup but he has already played a significant and passionate role for the United States as a vice-captain, according to Brandt Snedeker.
Former world number one Woods, sidelined for much of the past year while recovering from multiple back operations, is one of five assistants to U.S.
captain Davis Love III at Hazeltine and has established himself as the team's leading tactician.
"Tiger is 100 percent in," Snedeker told reporters before the U.S. players headed out on to the course for the second day of official practice on a cold, blustery Wednesday.
"He's probably spent more time in the last three weeks on this stuff than all of the other assistant captains put together. That's the kind of guy he is and how much he cares about it. It's infectious."
Snedeker, an eight-times winner on the PGA Tour who is known for his fast-talking, has been taken aback by how much interaction he has had with Woods since he booked his spot on a second U.S.
Ryder Cup team.
"He called me two weeks ago and started talking to me then," said the 35-year-old from Tennessee. "We were on the phone for an hour and a half.
"He has called me several times since, and to say it's unusual to get a call from Tiger Woods would be pretty accurate.
I don't get a lot of those calls.
"Got to the point where I was joking around, like, 'You're calling me more than my wife is right now, we need to figure something out.' But it's great to have that kind of commitment and that kind of passion from a guy like Tiger."
Snedeker said that Woods, a veteran of seven Ryder Cups as a player, has been giving the U.S.
team advice on every aspect of the game, from the tactical and physical to the mental and psychological.
"We're talking about everything ... how I should be getting prepared as an individual, what our thought processes should be, how we are going to come together as a team ... like that," Snedeker explained.
New mom left fighting for life after being diagnosed with rare pregnancy-related CANCER just minutes after she delivers twins
Jenna Hinman, 26, from Upstate new York, was rushed to hospital on March 3 when all of a sudden she couldn't breathe
Her babies were delivered by emergency C-section and she was placed in a medically induced coma
Doctors initially thought she had pneumonia, but she was later diagnosed with a rare cancer called choriocarcinoma, which has filled her body with tumors and lesions
Her husband, US Army Sgt. Brandon Hinman, shares his time by her bedside and NCIU where their little girls remain
The family is raising money for Jenna's care on a Go Fund Me website
By Helen Pow
Published: 05:21 BST, 17 March 2014 | Updated: 11:35 BST, 17 March 2014
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An Upstate New York mom is fighting for her life after she was diagnosed with a rare pregnancy-related cancer following the premature birth of her twins daughters.
Jenna Hinman, 26, was rushed to hospital on March 3 when all of a sudden she couldn't breathe and her husband, US Army Sgt. Brandon Hinman, called 911.
Doctors quickly decided she needed an emergency C-section to deliver the girls, Kinleigh and Azlynn, who were nine weeks early and weighed just 3 pounds each.
Tragic: Jenna Hinman, 26, pictured, is fighting for her life with a rare form of cancer
Emergency: After Jenna struggled to breathe, doctors delivered her daughters, pictured, by emergency C-section. They were nine weeks early and weighed just 3 pounds each
Because of their health, Jenna was able to get just a quick glimpse of her newborns before they were whisked away to NICU at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse where they'd all been transferred. But that was the only time she saw them.
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Soon after delivery, the young mom began coughing up blood and her breathing troubles got worse.
Doctors initially thought she had pneumonia, but she was later diagnosed with a rare cancer called choriocarcinoma, which has filled her body with tumors and lesions.
On March 6, she was placed in a medically induced coma and Brandon, who is based at Fort Drum, is supporting her tirelessly as a team of local and international doctors try to save her life.
Sad: Because of their health, Jenna, pictured right with her husband Brandon, was able to get just a quick glimpse of her newborns before they were whisked away to NICU
Coma: On March 6, Jenna, pictured left and right, was placed in a medically induced coma and Brandon, who is based at Fort Drum, is supporting her tirelessly as a team of local and international doctors try to save her life
'Her lungs are so involved with tumor that they don't work. And right now they're not working at all,' Crouse Hospital oncologist Dr. Wiley Bunn told cnycentral.com.
According to the family's message on a Go Fund Me page where they have raised more than $57,000 for treatment, a chest infection has caused internal bleeding to the point Jenna's lungs don't work.
She is receiving heavy doses of chemotherapy and an ECMO machine, which costs around $100,000 a day to run, is removing blood from her body, oxygenating it and pumping it back through her veins.
Staying strong: The military man is splitting his time between his wife's bedside and NCIU, playing mom and dad to his daughters, pictured
Hoping: 'My hope is that my wife stands up, holds my hand, we have the girls and we walk out of this hospital,' Brandon, left, said of his wife, right
The cancer forms in the placenta but spreads quickly. It is seen in fewer than one in 160,000 cases, Bunn said.
Jenna's condition has been touch and go from the start but, last week, she woke up briefly.
'I walked up to her bed and grabbed her hand and said "honey it's me. I love you, you're doing great." And as I was talking she shook her head yes,' Brandon told cnycentral.
'That could be the last time I talk to my wife.'
In the meantime, the military man is splitting his time between his wife's bedside and NCIU, playing mom and dad to the couple's daughters.
'My hope is that my wife stands up, holds my hand, we have the girls and we walk out of this hospital,' he said.
US and Philippine marines stormed a beach near a disputed rocky outcrop in the South China Sea on Friday as part of joint military drills involving more than 3,500 troops.
The KAMANDAG exercises - the Philippines' acronym for 'Cooperation of the Warriors of the Sea' - kicked off Monday and will be held across the country's main island of Luzon until October 14.
Around 300 troops were involved in Friday's amphibious drills held on an uninhabited beach in Zambales province, about 150 miles east of Scarborough Shoal, which China seized from the Philippines in 2012.
Photos of the drills displayed impressive scenes of platoons storming beaches from amphibious landing craft, while US marines were seen instructing Philippine soldiers on the use of specific military equipment and weaponry.
A small contingent of South Korean and Japanese soldiers also took part in the drills.
It is the first time the annual naval exercises have been held under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who has expressed strong support for the decades-old alliance after rocky relations under his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte had threatened to cancel drills and axe a key military deal with the United States as he pivoted towards China.
But Marcos told US President Joe Biden during a meeting in New York last month that he appreciated America's role in 'maintaining the peace in our region'.
The joint exercises come as a US aircraft carrier simultaneously performs drills with South Korea in a week which has seen tensions soar with North Korea amid a missile launch and a series of bombing drills.
US and South Korean marines disembark from a US marine landing ship during a joint amphibious landing exercise with their Philippine counterparts at a beach facing the South China Sea in San Antonio town, Zambales province on October 7, 2022
Soldiers are seen sprinting ashore from their landing craft in a series of beach storming exercises
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A US marine officer (R) gives instructions to Philippine marines wearing mission oriented protective posture (MOPP) gear and using joint chemical agent detectors during their chemical warfare exercise as part of a joint amphibious landing exercise at a beach facing the South China Sea in San Antonio town, Zambales province on October 7, 2022
Philippine, U.S., and South Korean navies participate in amphibious landing drills during a joint military exercise at a naval station in Zambales province, Philippines, October 7
Units are seen advancing up the beach in simulated coastal attack and defence drills
Philippine Marines amphibious assault vehicles maneouver next to a Philippine BRP Tarlac navy landing platform dock ship during a joint amphibious landing exercise with US marines at a beach facing the South China Sea in San Antonio town, Zambales province
South Korean marines hold a landing drill in San Antonio, Zambales province, Philippines, 07 October 2022
South Korean marines take positions during a joint amphibious landing exercise
A South Korean navy member participates in amphibious landing drills during a joint military exercise with U.S.
and Philippine navies at a naval station in Zambales province
China's recent war games around Taiwan, which it claims as part of its territory, rang alarm bells among nations surrounding the South China Sea.
Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire sea, while the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei have overlapping claims to parts of it.
China has ignored an international court ruling that its claims have no legal basis, and has aggressively asserted its stance.
It has built artificial islands as well as deployed hundreds of coast guard and maritime militia vessels to prowl the strategic waters, swarming reefs and harassing fishing and other boats.
One of the objectives of the joint US-Philippines drills this week is improving the Philippine military's coastal defence capability amid these threats.
'We are preparing for any threat that will be coming sooner or later,' said Major Emery Torre, spokesman for the Philippine Marine Corps.
But Torre said the joint exercises held with the US did not simulate an attack by a particular country and were not related to a specific situation.
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Marcos has taken a harder line on defending Philippine waters, insisting he would not let China trample on Manila's maritime rights.
During aerial surveillance over Scarborough Shoal on Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard spotted six Chinese vessels, including four coast guard and two militia boats, in and around the small ring of reefs.
'We are doing the patrol operations to establish a presence at the area and also for the sake of our fishermen,' said coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo.
As regional tensions rise, Washington is keen to preserve its security alliance with Manila, which includes a mutual defence treaty and permission for the US military to store defence equipment and supplies on several Philippine bases.
It also allows US troops to access certain military bases in the country.
Philippine Marines amphibious assault vehicles roll in during a joint amphibious landing exercise with US marines
Philippine and US marines disembark from amphibious assault vehicles during a joint amphibious landing exercise
South Korean, Philippine and US marines are pictured at a beach facing the South China Sea in San Antonio town, Zambales province on October 7, 2022
A US marine sniper aims his rifle during a joint amphibious landing exercise with their Philippine counterparts
Philippine and U.S.
navies participate in amphibious landing drills during a joint military exercise at a naval station in Zambales province, Philippines, October 7, 2022
South Korean marines gather during a landing drill in San Antonio, Zambales province, Philippines, 07 October 2022
South Korean (foreground) and US marines take part in a joint amphibious landing exercise with their Philippine counterparts at a beach facing the South China Sea in San Antonio town, Zambales province on October 7, 2022
United States and Philippine marines gather on a beach during a landing drill in San Antonio after performing a series of landing drills
South Korean marines disembark on a beach during a marine landing drill in San Antonio, Zambales province, Philippines, 07 October 2022
South Korea and the United States began joint maritime exercises with a US aircraft carrier on Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after it scrambled fighter jets in reaction to an apparent North Korean bombing drill.
The maritime drills will take place in waters off South Korea's east coast on Oct.
7-8, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The drills come after North Korea launched a pair of ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday, and later flew warplanes near the border with the South.
'We will continue to strengthen our operational capabilities and readiness to respond to any provocations by North Korea through joint drills with... the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group,' South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The US strike group already participated in trilateral missile defence exercises with warships from Japan and South Korea this week, prompted by a test on Tuesday in which North Korea launched a ballistic missile that flew over part of Japan and prompted evacuations.
Senior defence officials from Japan, South Korea and the United States discussed the latest developments in a call on Friday, condemning the North Korean launches and agreeing that recent trilateral maritime drills have improved their ability to respond to North Korea, South Korea's ministry of defence said in a statement.
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Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launch earlier this week)
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aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan participates with other U.S. and South Korean navy ships during the joint naval exercises between the United States and South Korea in waters off South Korea's eastern coast
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean Air Force's F15K fighter jet fires 2 JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition ) bombs into an island target in South Korea on Oct.
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soldier checks the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet on the deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in Busan, South Korea
A handout photo made available by the US Department of Defense shows a South Korea-US-Japan joint naval drill in the East Sea, 06 October 2022
In a meeting with South Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup, Admiral John Aquilino, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, said North Korea's provocations seriously threaten the security of the region. He emphasised that his forces would actively support efforts to deter and respond to the North Korean threat, the ministry said in a separate statement.
Lee also held a meeting of senior officials to discuss the latest launches and to evaluate South Korea's 'three-axis' defence system designed to counter North Korea's military threats, including war plans that call for preemptive strikes if necessary.
'He emphasised the need to deliver a clear message that nuclear and missile development will only create a more difficult situation for North Korea,' the defence ministry said in a statement.
The rare bombing drill by at least eight North Korean fighter jets and four bombers on Thursday prompted the South to deploy 30 fighters.
The warplanes swarmed each side of the heavily fortified border amid rising tensions over a string of missile tests by Pyongyang.
On Thursday North Korea condemned the United States for repositioning the aircraft carrier near the peninsula, saying it posed a serious threat to the stability of the situation.
In the statement, the North Korean foreign ministry also criticised Washington for calling a United Nations Security Council meeting over the launches, saying they were a 'just countermeasure' to the joint US-South Korea drills.
