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Bosnia stories: 27 news summaries

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Karadzic to Appear at Genocide Trial, Seeks Delay

Prosecutor: Serb's only regret was that some survived Srebrenica

Nov 3, 09 4:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic will show his face at his war crimes trial for the first time since it began last week—but only to request more time to prepare his defense in the 1995 indictment, Reuters reports. A hearing today will address how to proceed if the former Bosnian Serb leader,... More »

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Bosnia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • Srebrenica • Yugoslavia • ethnic cleansing • Radovan Karadzic • war crimes tribunal

Karadzic Caught Discussing Genocide on Wiretap

Prosecutors reveal tape as Bosnian leader's trial goes on without him

Oct 27, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic was caught on tape ordering the slaughter at Zepa and Srebenica, prosecutors revealed today at the war crimes trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader. “It will be a black cauldron,” Karadzic says on the tape, “where 300,000 Muslims will die.” But prosecutor... More »

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Bosnia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Srebrenica • ethnic cleansing • Radovan Karadzic • Ethnic Serbs • Srebrenica massacre • war crimes tribunal

 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

 Karadzic to Boycott 
 Bosnia Genocide Trial 

Hague tribunal will open in his absence

Oct 22, 09 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader arrested last year after more than a decade in hiding, will boycott his trial for genocide and other crimes next week. The trial at the international court in The Hague will begin Monday in Karadzic's absence, an official says. Prosecutors are expecting they'll need... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • genocide • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Radovan Karadzic • 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

Fugitive War Criminal May Be Living Freely

Bosnian TV purports to show Ratko Mladic at wedding, out with family

Jun 11, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bosnian television has aired what it calls footage of Ratko Mladic, the notorious Serbian war criminal on the lam since 1995, including a video it says was filmed last winter, reports the BBC. The footage, whose veracity has been disputed, seems to show Mladic living peacefully in a Belgrade suburb,... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • genocide • war crimes • Ratko Mladic • crimes against humanity • Radovan Karadzic • Ethnic Serbs • Serbs

 Biden Arrives in Bosnia 

Set to meet with presidency, Bosnian and Serbian leaders

May 19, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(AP) - Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Bosnia today, the first stop of a three-day trip aimed at demonstrating intensified US engagement in the Balkans. Biden landed in Sarajevo, where he is scheduled to meet Bosnia's three-person presidency, address parliament, and meet separately with the country's two staunchest rivals—Bosniak leader... More »

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Joe Biden • Bosnia • Serbia • protests • Balkans • Sarajevo

OPINION

Assaults on Our Freedom 
Come From Left and Right

Long bipartisan history of infringing on rights of Americans

Nov 13, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Those who blame the current administration for assaults on US constitutional freedoms should take a longer view, writes Alexander Cockburn in the American Conservative. “No doubt the conservatives who cheered Bush on as he abrogated ancient rights and stretched the powers of his office to unseen limits would have... More »

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Bosnia • Bill of Rights • Bill Clinton • Bush legacy • Constitution • habeas corpus • Social Security • Guantanamo prisoners • bipartisanship • George W. Bush • President Obama

'Not Guilty' Plea for Uncooperative Karadzic

Former Bosnian Serb leader refuses to recognize court on war-crimes charges

Aug 29, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic refused to plead today at a UN war-crimes tribunal—so a judge entered a “not guilty” plea for him, the BBC reports. Karadzic, 63, was charged with 11 counts linked to the Bosnian civil war of the 1990s, including genocide, crimes against humanity,... More »

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Bosnia • genocide • plea • Radovan Karadzic • war crimes tribunal

Karadzic Blasts 'Witch Hunt,' Says US Wants to Kill Him

Ex-Bosnian leader claims he cut a deal with Washington

Aug 1, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic says he can't possibly get a fair trial at the Hague because a “media witch hunt” has already proclaimed him a war criminal, the BBC reports. In a document submitted to the war crimes tribunal, Karadzic cited “drastic irregularities” in his arrest and accused the US... More »

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Bosnia • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Muslim • assassination • Radovan Karadzic • Richard Holbrooke

 Hiding Was 'Easy,'
 Boasts Karadzic

War crimes suspect refusing to eat

Jul 25, 08 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Captured Serbian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has been refusing to eat in his Belgrade cell since his arrest more than a week ago—but has been boasting about life on the lam. Karadzic claims he had planned to turn himself in next year, reports the Guardian. Karadzic was nabbed... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • The Hague • Radovan Karadzic • Slobodan Medic • Srebrenica massacre • war crimes tribunal

OPINION

 Karadzic Arrest
 Shows the Hague's Value

Even warrants can hurt bad actors

Jul 23, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - For all those who doubt the effectiveness of an International Criminal Court warrant, just look at Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Samantha Power imagined the arrest differently when she was reporting from Sarajevo in 1995, but his diminished circumstances now show just how crippling and demeaning it is to run... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • Yugoslavia • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • Samantha Power • International Criminal Court

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

 Hunt Shifts
 to Butcher
 'Serb God' 

With Karadzic behind bars, focus is on genocidal partner

Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic is finally behind bars, but his alleged partner in genocide, Gen. Ratko Mladic, remains at large. Mladic is an even more ruthless figure who until a few years ago brazenly appeared in downtown Belgrade, attending soccer games and eating at gourmet restaurants, despite a $5... More »

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United Nations • Bosnia • Serbia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • Belgrade • Srebrenica • Ratko Mladic • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • Boris Tadic

 Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster 

'Butcher of Bosnia' saw himself as an intellectual and guardian of his people

Jul 22, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Serbian strongman Radovan Karadzic viewed himself as a high-minded intellectual but his hardline nationalism drove him to become responsible for Europe's most bestial atrocities since the Nazis, writes the Times of London. The former Bosnian leader, now captured after 12 years on the run, was a poet and author and... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • ethnic cleansing • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • Serbs

 Serbia Collars 
 Karadzic for
 War Crimes 

Former Bosnian Serb leader faces UN genocide charges

Jul 21, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Serbian forces arrested Radovan Karadzic today after hunting the war crimes fugitive for 12 years, the AP reports. The former Bosnian Serb president, collared with other suspected war criminals, will likely be sent to the UN war crimes court in the Hague. The tribunal has indicted him twice, once for... More »

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United Nations • Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • international war crimes tribunal • Radovan Karadzic

OPINION

Clinton's Victory Demeans Uplifting Politics

NY Times columnists is sickened by Democrat's pandering

Apr 24, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton prevailed in Pennsylvania by dragging Barack Obama's bipartisan, hopeful vision through the muck, proving politics is “frequently mean and irrational,” Gail Collins writes in the New York Times. Clinton showed that the playing field is dirty, and that even the junior senator from Illinois would go... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • negative campaigning • Pennsylvania primary • Bittergate

Bill Blasts Media Over Hillary's 'Sniper' Misfire

'You woulda thought that she'd robbed a bank,' wails ex-prez

Apr 11, 08 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just when you thought the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton's trip to Bosnia had died down, Bill Clinton resuscitated it with an impassioned defense of his wife's claims. During a rally at an Indiana high school, the former president lashed out at the media for treating Hillary as if "she'd... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • Bill Clinton • first lady • sniper

 Clinton Pokes Fun at 
Her Sniper-Fire Gaffe 

Senator jokes to Leno that she almost missed the show

Apr 4, 08 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Making light of a major campaign embarrassment, Hillary Clinton quipped to Jay Leno last night that she almost missed the show due to sniper fire, USA Today reports. “I was worried I wasn’t going to make it. I was pinned down by sniper fire at the Burbank airport,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • Jay Leno • first lady • sniper

 Clinton's  Approval Rating
 Hits 2-Year Low 

Fallout from Bosnia controversy figures in; Pa. race tightens

Apr 1, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's approval rating has dropped to its lowest level since April 2006, with 29% of poll respondents saying they have a very negative opinion of her, compared to 15% for Barack Obama and 12% for John McCain, the Wall Street Journal reports. Another poll released last week shows 29%... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • Pennsylvania primary • approval ratings • poll numbers • phoniness

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