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CNN  —  Here is a look at the life of economist and former Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. Birth date: March 19, 1943 Birth place: Varese, Italy Marriage: Elsa Monti Children: Giovanni and Federica Education: Bocconi University, Milan, degree in economics, 1965; Post graduate studies at Yale University Religion: Catholic Nicknamed Super Mario. Founding president of Bruegel, a think tank for economic policy. 1970-1979 – Economics professor at the University of Turin. 1978-1994 – Writes economic commentary for Corriere della Sera, a daily newspaper. 1989-1994 – Rector of Bocconi University. 1994 – Becomes president of Bocconi University. 1995-1999 – Member…

CNN  —  Here’s some background information about the 2005 killings of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. Haditha is a city on the Euphrates River northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Eight US Marines faced charges in the deaths, but only one was convicted of a crime, that of negligent dereliction of duty. November 19, 2005 – A roadside bomb kills 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas in the Haditha neighborhood of Al-Subhani. November 19, 2005 – At least 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, are killed. Suspicion falls on Marines from Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. March 19,…

Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators are meeting in Cairo to untangle deadlocked ceasefire talks after Israel said it would not send a delegation. Follow for live updates. Source link

An Israeli official told CNN on Sunday that Israel will not send a delegation to Cairo for talks on a ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages from Gaza.The official said that the reason is that Hamas did not respond to two Israeli demands: a list of hostages specifying who is alive and who is dead; Verifying the percentage of Palestinian prisoners who will be released from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of hostages.The official requested that his name not be revealed while discussing the closed-door diplomatic maneuvers.A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Sunday for talks that…

A wounded Palestinian receives medical treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid trucks on Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City, Gaza on February 29. Daoud Abu Al-Kass/Anadolu/Getty ImagesThe UN Security Council expressed “deep concern” over the devastating incident that claimed the lives of more than 100 Palestinians seeking assistance on Thursday in northern Gaza, while acknowledging that an Israeli investigation is underway.“Council members express their deep concern at reports that more than 100 people lost their lives and several hundred others were injured, including people with gunshot wounds as noted by the United…

Palestinian women and children walk past buildings destroyed during Israeli strikes in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on February 26. AFP/Getty ImagesUN Women, a United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, called the war in Gaza “also a war on women.”In a statement Friday, the organization estimated 9,000 women have been killed in Gaza since the October 7 attack.”As the war on Gaza approaches its five-month mark, Gazan women continue to suffer its devastating impact,” the statement read. “While this war spares no one, UN Women data shows that it kills and injures women in unprecedented ways.”UN…

People gather outside the Soothe My Sorrows church as they wait for a funeral service and a farewell ceremony for Russian politician Alexey Navalny in Moscow, Russia, on March . ReutersThere is a growing crowd of mourners gathering at the Moscow church where the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is due to take place Friday – in about one hour, a CNN team on the ground reports.Here’s what else the team is seeing:People, many holding flowers, are standing behind crowd control barriers and the queue continues to grow. A number of police are stationed at the entrance to the…

More than 100 people were killed in the northern Gaza Strip when Israeli forces opened fire Thursday, sparking panic as hungry Palestinian civilians gathered around food aid trucks, Palestinian officials and eyewitnesses said.CNN was unable to independently confirm the death toll, and the Israeli military gave a different account of the circumstances.What we know: The massacre unfolded early Thursday when a group of trucks loaded with much-needed aid arrived on Harun al-Rashid Street, west of Gaza City, in the Sheikh Ajlin neighbourhood. People crowded around the newly arrived aid trucks when Israeli forces started shooting, according to eyewitnesses. Many victims…

Israeli tanks fired warning shots to disperse a crowd around an aid convoy in Gaza on Thursday, after seeing that people in the crowd were being trampled, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari claimed at a briefing.The IDF has provided a conflicting account to that of eyewitnesses throughout the day.In an update late Thursday, Hagari insisted that the tanks were at the site “to secure the humanitarian corridor” so the aid convoy could reach its destination.The IDF released a short video, which appears to show a tank driving parallel to the crowd, several meters away.“As you can see in this…

CNN  —  Here’s some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Abu Ghraib prison was a US Army detention center for captured Iraqis from 2003 to 2006. An investigation into the treatment of detainees at the prison was prompted by the discovery of graphic photos depicting guards abusing detainees in 2003. The facility was located 20 miles west of Baghdad on 280 acres. At the height of the scandal, the prison held as many as 3,800 detainees. Most of the detainees lived in tents in the prison yards. The abuses took…