Two Serb policemen have been handed lengthy jail terms by a court in Sarajevo on Friday, for ‘aiding genocide’.

Dusko Jevic and Mendeljev Djuric ordered their men to take part in the separating of Muslim men and boys from other villagers and then killing over a thousand of the detainees.

Jevic, who was deputy commander of a Bosnian Serb police brigade was sentenced to 35 years, while Djuric, the commander of the brigade’s first company, was jailed for 30 years.

A Las Vegas grocer, who has lived in the US since 1999, has been deported to Bosnia to face charges of genocide and war crimes, committed during the Bosnian war in 1995.

Dejan Radojkovic was arrested on arrival at Sarajevo airport following evidence compiled by prosecutors and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague.

The 61-year old is accused of rounding up 200 Muslim men in July 1995, as he commanded a Republika Srpska Special Police Squad, before handing them over to Bosnian Serb forces, where they were later executed.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is beginning an official visit to neighbouring Burma.

In the first visit to Burma by an Indian prime minister since 1987, Singh is seeking to strengthen trade and diplomatic cooperation with its neighbour.

Ahead of his visit, Mr Singh said he wanted "stronger trade and investment links, development of border areas, improving connectivity between our two countries and building capacity and human resources".

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has criticised Pakistan's jailing of the doctor who helped the CIA to track down Osama bin Laden.

Speaking to ABC, Panetta said the jaliing had weakened diplomatic ties between the US and Pakistan and that the 33-year jail sentence was "so difficult to understand and so disturbing".

"This doctor was not working against Pakistan. He was working against al-Qaida, and I hope Pakistan understands that because what they have done here doesn't help re-establish a relationship between the United States and Pakistan." he further said.

Syria has received widespread international criticism over the massacre at Houla, after the UN Security Council met on Sunday in an emergency session.

The killings saw at least 90 civilians including 34 children killed, many due to either shelling injuries, opr shot and stabbed to death.

A UN Security Council statement said that its members

UN observers have confirmed over 90 people, including 32 children, were killed in a massacre in the Syrian city of Houla.

The observers were met by horrific scenes when they arrived at Houla to inspect the site.

Some of the victims died through shelling, others were stabbed, shot or bludgeoned to death. Videos posted on YouTube indicate people were summarily executed.

The head of the UN mission, Maj-Gen Robert Mood told the BBC the killing in Houla was "indiscriminate and unforgivable".

The US has cut $33m in aid in response to the imprisonment of Dr. Shakil Afridi by Pakistan.

A Senate panel has said US aid will be cut by $1m for every year of Dr. Afridi’s sentence.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has called on western countries to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe, as they were hurting the poor.

"I would urge those countries that are currently applying sanctions on Zimbabwe to suspend them, at least until the conduct of the elections and related reforms are clear," she said during a visit to the country.

"Sanctions should be entirely suspended for people to entirely focus on economic issues that need to be addressed," she added.

The International Criminal Court has rejected an appeal by Kenyans alleged to have been behind mass-violence after the 2008 elections in the country.

This could mean that the four men have to face trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

The men deny the violence which cost the lives of 1,200 people, after the conclusion of controversial presidential elections.

The suspects were supporters of the two main candidates, who orchestrated violence as clashes surrounding the elections escalated.

Politicians and world leaders guilty of abusing human rights may be barred from the 2012 Olympic Games due to be held in London, stated Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne on Wednesday.

In a written statement to British Parliament, the Minister of State at the Foreign Office stated,

"Entry will be refused where an individual's presence at the Games or in the UK would not be conducive to the public good.”