Two of Argentina's former military rulers have gone on trial, accused of overseeing the
systematic
theft of babies from political prisoners. Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone are accused of kidnapping about 30 babies whose parents were killed or disappeared during military rule. The babies were then given for adoption to members of the Argentine military or their allies. Both former leaders are already serving long sentences for murder and torture.
The last American veteran of the First World War, Frank Buckles, has died at the age of 110. Mr Buckles was just 16 when the United States joined the war in 1917, but lied about his age to get into the army after being
turned down
by the navy and marines. He served as an ambulance driver on the Western Front.
BBC News
西方国家领袖正在讨论怎样向利比亚领袖卡扎菲上校(Colonel Gaddafi)施加压力,迫使他停止杀害反抗他们的人们,并说服他辞职。华盛顿五角大楼表示,他们已经重新部署了利比亚周边的海军和空军力量,以便在政府计划者要求的情况下灵活采取行动。华盛顿,Andrew North报道。
美国已经在利比亚周边地区永久性驻兵,包括西西里岛附近的大型空军和海军基地,距离的黎波里不超过一个小时的飞行路程。所以,五角大楼宣布重新部署兵力的目的似乎部分是向卡扎菲传递信息。五角大楼没有明确表示这些船只和战斗机用于何种目的,然而,尽管任何形式的入侵和空袭都是不可能的,但是可能用于对利比亚实施武器禁令和禁飞区,以阻止卡扎菲上校对反对派支持者发动进一步的袭击。禁飞区目前仍需联合国安理会的同意。但是华盛顿,英国和其他盟国表示,他们正在积极讨论实施的可能性。