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Bolivia's Supreme Court has sentenced five former senior military officers in connection with the killing of almost 60 people during protests in 2003. They'll serve between 10 and 15 years in prison. The protesters were killed during demonstrations against the export of natural gas to the United States. A BBC correspondent says this is the first civilian trial of military officials in Bolivia accused of human rights to reach a conclusion.
Some of Sweden's main newspapers have announced a temporary shutdown of their previously unrestricted online comment pages while they are
overhaul
ed to prevent hate speech. The move was prompted by some of the responses to the killings in Norway last month. Here's Mike Sanders.
Up to now, Swedish readers have been able to
log on
to the newspapers' comment pages using pseudonyms or nicknames. Some
overtly
praised Anders Behring Breivik for killing 77 people, endorsing his views about what he called the Islamisation of Europe. Now contributors will have to use their Facebook or other social networking accounts to access comment pages run by three of the top newspapers. Editors admit it won't be entirely foolproof - mischief-makers could set up bogus accounts - but they think it will
weed out
most racist and other anti-social opinions.
The Israeli army says it's training Jewish settlers in the West Bank to
repel