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"sent": "\" Watch Lars von Trier has been nominated for the top prize at Cannes, the Palme D'Or, a staggering eight times, winning once in 2000 for the harrowing operatic tragedy, \"Dancer in the Dark,\" starring Icelandic musician, Bjork, who also took home the Best Actress prize that year."
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"sent": "this year at Cannes, him declared, \"I am the best filmmaker in the world,\" and in 1991, when displeased that Cannes jury president Roman Polanski had only awarded \"Europa\" the runner-up Grand Prix prize, him called him a \"dwarf."
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"sent": "the U.N. Charter does not authorize preemptive action based on perceived threat ."
}
] |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | [
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"ord": 0,
"sent": "Ten years ago I was one of a small number of UK lawyers who opposed the invasion of Iraq on the grounds that it was illegal and unauthorised by the United Nations."
},
{
"ord": 1,
"sent": "We were all strong advocates of the notion that the rule of law was the bedrock of any civilised and democratic society."
},
{
"ord": 3,
"sent": "The embodiment of the rule of law internationally has been the U.N. Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- direct results of the devastation inflicted by the Nazi regime in Germany during the Second World War."
},
{
"ord": 7,
"sent": "Thrashed out by experts and with massive support behind it, the document was no maverick, outlandish or oddball agreement."
},
{
"ord": 22,
"sent": "This argument, which was false, became the main basis for invasion because the only other route to war had been closed off by international law."
},
{
"ord": 35,
"sent": "There is a substantial consensus of international legal opinion which recognises the illegality of the invasion."
},
{
"ord": 52,
"sent": "As a result, a legal consortium of which I was a part, and other groups in Europe, petitioned the ICC for action against UK politicians over UK politicians involvement in the war."
}
] | [] |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | [
{
"ord": 2,
"sent": "Without it We lives would be subject to a free for all in which might becomes right."
},
{
"ord": 16,
"sent": "If it were, the powerful nations could go round the world picking off the weak -- or more particularly the states thought to be hostile to the powerful nations own ambitions."
},
{
"ord": 60,
"sent": "Without accountability for Western states, how can we expect the rest of world to respect these principles?"
}
] | [] |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | [
{
"ord": 5,
"sent": "This was not a new vision."
},
{
"ord": 31,
"sent": "There was no going back."
},
{
"ord": 34,
"sent": "I am not alone in these views."
},
{
"ord": 41,
"sent": "It is intolerable and inexcusable."
}
] | [] |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | [
{
"ord": 9,
"sent": "Why the Second World War was fought for oil ."
},
{
"ord": 13,
"sent": "But this is not what happened 10 years ago at the behest of U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair."
},
{
"ord": 19,
"sent": "How has the war changed you?"
},
{
"ord": 27,
"sent": "Hans Blix on 'terrible mistake' in Iraq ."
},
{
"ord": 30,
"sent": "Troops had already been committed on the ground."
},
{
"ord": 37,
"sent": "The Iraq War, 10 years on ."
},
{
"ord": 48,
"sent": "Iraq suffocates in cloak of sorrow ."
},
{
"ord": 59,
"sent": "The whole episode regarding the Iraq War is a tawdry tale that has subverted the rule of law and tarnished the reputation of international law."
}
] | [] |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | [
{
"ord": 14,
"sent": "Britain and America agenda was quite different -- to remove a dictator, Saddam Hussein, whose regime was abhorrent."
},
{
"ord": 20,
"sent": "The only way around this predicament was for the Bush-Blair axis to fabricate a case of threat."
},
{
"ord": 21,
"sent": "This they did by the knowing manipulation of flawed intelligence about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (which were never found), and the bogus claim that Saddam Hussein could deploy such WMD within a 45-minute window."
},
{
"ord": 24,
"sent": "At the time The U.N. became a debate about whether Iraq satisfied these criteria by Iraq failure to abide by The U.N. resolutions concerning disarmament."
},
{
"ord": 25,
"sent": "The principal Security Council resolution 1441, adopted in November 2002, called on Iraq to disarm Iraq WMD and cooperate with The U.N. weapons inspectors."
},
{
"ord": 26,
"sent": "Security Council made clear Security Council continued to be in charge but had not authorised the use of force in Iraq."
},
{
"ord": 28,
"sent": "Tony Blair insisted to the British public that Tony Blair would only support a war if a second Security Council resolution authorising the action was passed, but a second Security Council resolution authorising the action never came."
},
{
"ord": 29,
"sent": "Security Council Tony Blair realised Security Council would never get one, and so Security Council prepared to go a second Security Council resolution authorising the action alone with a cobbled together coalition."
},
{
"ord": 32,
"sent": "This was why Bush Tony Blair were not prepared to allow the weapons inspectors, who were in Iraq, any more time."
},
{
"ord": 33,
"sent": "Inspectors had found no evidence of WMD in the lead-up to a war and never did, but were ordered to go home."
},
{
"ord": 38,
"sent": "In the UK we are still waiting for the results of a public inquiry into the circumstances in which the decision to go to war was taken."
},
{
"ord": 39,
"sent": "Tony Blair never wanted a public inquiry into the circumstances in which the decision to go to war was taken but was forced by the power of the victims' families and public opinion to accede."
}
] | [] |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | [
{
"ord": 40,
"sent": "So far two years have gone by while the government has obstructed disclosure and publication."
},
{
"ord": 45,
"sent": "Unfortunately only the first three have been brought into effect."
},
{
"ord": 53,
"sent": "Nothing has happened."
},
{
"ord": 62,
"sent": "Until this is redressed, la lotta continua!"
}
] | [] |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | [
{
"ord": 43,
"sent": "In 1998 the International Criminal Court was established to deal with individuals who commit international crimes."
},
{
"ord": 44,
"sent": "Four transgressions were agreed -- war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the crime of aggression."
},
{
"ord": 46,
"sent": "the UK, to the UK credit, signed up to the International Criminal Court."
},
{
"ord": 47,
"sent": "But the U.S. did not, lest the U.S. leaders end up accused of crimes before the International Criminal Court."
},
{
"ord": 49,
"sent": "Whilst the act of aggression cannot be prosecuted, war crimes committed thereafter can be."
},
{
"ord": 50,
"sent": "So for example to launch an attack, like the invasion of Iraq, with the knowledge that the invasion of Iraq effect is likely to cause incidental death or injury to civilians or the natural environment (Article 8) will render the perpetrator liable to prosecution."
},
{
"ord": 51,
"sent": "The use of cluster bombs and depleted uranium in Iraq by coalition forces (euphemistically called collateral damage) upon vulnerable civilians falls within this definition."
},
{
"ord": 54,
"sent": "Getting U.S leaders hauled before the court is even more problematic -- the Security Council could refer Americans to the court, but the U.S. is a permanent Council member and can veto any potential referral."
},
{
"ord": 55,
"sent": "Alternatively individual member states could incorporate these crimes of universal jurisdiction into individual member states own domestic law."
},
{
"ord": 56,
"sent": "Then if a the U.S. perpetrator of war crimes travelled into that country's jurisdiction, a U.S. perpetrator of war crimes could be arrested."
}
] | [] |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | [
{
"ord": 57,
"sent": "UK has such a provision, but when put to the test by UK citizens seeking arrest warrants in relation to the planned visits of Israeli political and military leaders -- who were potentially responsible for war crimes in Gaza -- the UK government reprehensibly placed impediments in the way of UK future use."
},
{
"ord": 58,
"sent": "So George W. Bush can safely plan a visit for tea with Tony Blair in London without fear of prosecution in UK."
}
] | [] |
005acf7ab98656d8a9df9cc305cf0de84545b35a | [
{
"ord": 1,
"sent": "London commuters crammed onto buses, scrambled for taxis, cycled or simply walked on Wednesday as a strike by Tube workers shut down most of the subway network."
},
{
"ord": 3,
"sent": "a strike by Tube workers shut down most of the subway network began Tuesday at 7 p.m. (2 p.m. ET) but the first full effects were felt during Wednesday's morning commute."
},
{
"ord": 4,
"sent": "a strike by Tube workers shut down most of the subway network was set to last for 48 hours with a normal service resuming Friday morning, according to Transport for London (TfL), which runs the city's transportation network."
},
{
"ord": 5,
"sent": "RMT trade union called a strike by Tube workers shut down most of the subway network after talks with management over pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues broke down. \""
},
{
"ord": 7,
"sent": "The fact is that Tube workers have been driven into walking out today."
},
{
"ord": 11,
"sent": "If that is the case, then they should call off a strike by Tube workers shut down most of the subway network, return to talks ... and resolve this issue without any more disruption to Londoners."
},
{
"ord": 12,
"sent": "TfL was running extra buses and free shuttle services across the River Thames during a strike by Tube workers shut down most of the subway network."
},
{
"ord": 14,
"sent": "While most services on the Tube were shut because of the strike, one line -- the Northern line -- was running normally and five others were running on a reduced schedule, TfL said."
},
{
"ord": 18,
"sent": "I think we'd all like to strike for more money, but unfortunately we can't,\" said one woman at Oxford Circus, where the Tube is closed."
},
{
"ord": 22,
"sent": "The RMT represents about half of the 20,000 employees on the Tube, a TfL spokeswoman said."
},
{
"ord": 23,
"sent": "Other unions including Unite and TSSA represent the rest, a TfL spokeswoman said, and were not on strike."
}
] | [
{
"ord": 0,
"sent": "London transport system crippled as Tube workers go on strike .\n"
},
{
"ord": 1,
"sent": "Normal service not due to resume until Friday morning .\n"
},
{
"ord": 3,
"sent": "RMT trade union called strike in dispute over pay, job cuts, disciplinary issues ."
}
] |
005acf7ab98656d8a9df9cc305cf0de84545b35a | [
{
"ord": 2,
"sent": "Commuters queue for packed buses in London on Wednesday morning."
},
{
"ord": 17,
"sent": "Still, some bus services were packed with commuters who normally ride the underground trains or who failed to find a taxi."
},
{
"ord": 19,
"sent": "Others hit the pavement and walked."
}
] | [
{
"ord": 2,
"sent": "Buses crammed with commuters; many chose to cycle, walk to work .\n"
}
] |
005acf7ab98656d8a9df9cc305cf0de84545b35a | [
{
"ord": 0,
"sent": "London, England (CNN) --"
},
{
"ord": 15,
"sent": "It's been really good,\" a girl on Oxford Street told CNN about \" a girl on Oxford Street commute."
},
{
"ord": 20,
"sent": "It's OK -- quite refreshing,\" said a man on Oxford Street."
},
{
"ord": 21,
"sent": "a man on Regent Street said a man on Regent Street had just walked from Liverpool Street Station, a train station as well as a Tube stop that is more than 2.5 miles away."
}
] | [] |
005acf7ab98656d8a9df9cc305cf0de84545b35a | [
{
"ord": 6,
"sent": "RMT doesn't resort to industrial action lightly,\" General Secretary Bob Crow said in a statement."
},
{
"ord": 8,
"sent": "Transport Commissioner Peter Hardy said talks with management over pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues broke down had been making progress on all issues and"
},
{
"ord": 9,
"sent": "Transport Commissioner Peter Hardy urged RMT RMT to return to the table."
},
{
"ord": 10,
"sent": "The RMT leadership says The RMT leadership were close to a deal,\" Transport Commissioner Peter Hardy said in a statement."
}
] | [] |
005acf7ab98656d8a9df9cc305cf0de84545b35a | [
{
"ord": 13,
"sent": "Electronic travel cards used for the TfL network were temporarily being allowed on all train lines in greater London, it said."
},
{
"ord": 16,
"sent": "The Northern line is running perfectly."
}
] | [] |
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