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NEWS ABOUT: Balkans War

Balkans War stories: 6 news summaries

 Karadzic Refuses to 
 Leave Cell for Trial 

Proceedings halted as alleged war criminal boycotts

Oct 26, 09 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The long-awaited trial of Radovan Karadzic was halted just 15 minutes after opening because the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to leave his cell and attend the proceedings. Although prosecutors in The Hague asked the judges to continue in his absence, the presiding magistrate suspended the proceedings until tomorrow. The... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Srebrenica • Radovan Karadzic • Balkans War • Srebrenica massacre

Serb Cousins Convicted of Burning 132 People Alive

Torched houses after locking Muslims inside

Jul 21, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Serb cousins were convicted yesterday by the UN tribunal in the Hague of burning scores of Bosnian men, women, and children to death during the early 1990s. Milan Lukic was sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of "at least 132 Muslim people," whom he locked... More »

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Bosnia • Muslims • war crimes • The Hague • crimes against humanity • Balkans War • Serbs • war crimes tribunal • Bosnians

OPINION

My Meeting With the Monster of the Balkans

Karadzic was terrifying at negotating table, writes Holbrooke

Jul 23, 08 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Richard Holbrooke led the process that resulted in the Dayton Accords and the end of the war in Bosnia, he knew that sending Radovan Karadzic to the Hague was necessary to bring peace to the Balkans. Now, after 12 "inexcusable" years on the run, he has been arrested,... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Ratko Mladic • Radovan Karadzic • Balkans War • Richard Holbrooke

 Gift Cows Give Hope
 to Kosovo War Widows 

Aid group helps heal the wounds of war in Europe's fledgling country

Jul 12, 08 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch organization is helping steer Kosovo's war widows toward a brighter future, Radio Free Netherlands reports. Many were left to fend for themselves after losing loved ones in the war against Serbia; now the Dutch group The Bridge is giving them cows to put food on the table and... More »

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Kosovo • cows • reconstruction • Balkans War • dairy products • humanitarian aid • widows

Brits Bust
Quiet Locksmith Suspected in
'91 War Crimes

Serb linked to brutal Balkan war massacres

Mar 26, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A locksmith living quietly in northern England has been arrested for involvement in one of the most notorious massacres of the Balkan wars, reports the Times of London. Milorad Pejic, an ethnic Serb who now holds a British passport, faces trial for war crimes during the 87-day siege of Vukovar,... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • Croatia • ethnic cleansing • Vukovar • Balkans War • Milorad Pejic

Still Hunting the World's Most Wanted Man

12 years later, architect of Bosnian massacre remains at large

Dec 2, 07 4:56 PM CST
(Newser) - He ordered mass murders, used gang-rape as a military weapon, and coined the term "ethnic cleansing" in the Balkans War, but a dozen years later Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic still roams the hills where he once wrought havoc. With Karadzic still a fugitive from international justice, the Guardian ... More »

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Serbia • Srebrenica • fugitive • Balkans • Radovan Karadzic • Balkans War

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