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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • Europe closed what may be its most shameful chapter of bloodletting since World War II. After a trial that lasted years, the Bosnian Serb warlord Ratko Mladic, 75, was sentenced to life in prison by a U.N. tribunal. He was convicted of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity in the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims during the breakup of Yugoslavia. Above, celebrating the sentence in Srebrenica, where 8,000 men and boys were executed by Mr. Mladic’s forces. Our reporters note that European nationalist passions are once again on the rise. In an Op-Ed, a journalist who covered the Bosnian war says Mr. Mladic’s conviction was too long in coming and sends a discouraging message to victims of conflicts in Syria, Zimbabwe, Yemen and elsewhere: “Will Mr. Mladic’s verdict, 22 years in the making, inspire hope that justice can be delivered fairly and without delay? I think not.” _____ • The U.N. Command is demanding to meet with officials of the North Korean People’s Army, accusing its troops of violating the truce that halted the Korean War when they fired on and chased a defecting comrade across the border last week. South Korean cameras recorded the escape. And North Korea called the Trump administration’s imposition of new punishments — restoring the North to the U.S. list of terrorism sponsors and yet more sanctions — a “serious provocation.” In the U.S., the de... Link to the full article to read more