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  • July 2008

    • Hiding Was 'Easy,' Boasts Karadzic

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  10 hours, 11 minutes ago

      Hiding Was 'Easy,' Boasts Karadzic

      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 on his way to a spa outside Belgrade. He was carrying swimming trunks, a laptop computer, two mobile phones and small Orthodox Christian icons. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • The Hague  • Radovan Karadzic

    • Karadzic Arrest Shows the Hague's Value

      newser  |  Time  |  Jul 23, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Karadzic Arrest Shows the Hague's Value

      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 from the international community, she writes in Time . More »

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

    • Karadzic to Defend Himself in Genocide Trial

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 23, 08 9:24 AM CDT

      Karadzic to Defend Himself in Genocide Trial

      Bosnian genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic plans to defend himself when he stands trial in the Hague, his lawyer said today. He also plans to lose the Santa Claus beard and pony tail, having requested a shave and haircut, the BBC reports. Karadzic, a former psychiatrist who spent more than a decade on the lam, was posing as a doctor of alternative medicine in Belgrade when he was arrested Monday. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • The Hague  • Radovan Karadzic  • Slobodan Milosevic

    • My Meeting With the Monster of the Balkans

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 23, 08 7:58 AM CDT

      My Meeting With the Monster of the Balkans

      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, and the former ambassador writes in the Washington Post of his only meeting with Karadzic, "whose enthusiastic advocacy of ethnic cleansing merits a special place in history." More »

    • Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT

      Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      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 million reward for his capture, AP reports. More »

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

    • Serb War Crimes Fugitive Worked in Belgrade Clinic

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 22, 08 8:48 AM CDT

      Serb War Crimes Fugitive Worked in Belgrade Clinic

      Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic, arrested yesterday on war crimes charges after a 13-year manhunt, has been living in Belgrade with a fabricated identity and a private practice in alternative medicine, the BBC reports. Karadzic, sporting a long white beard and the name Dragan Dabic, walked in public freely, police said this morning, purporting to be a non-Serbian citizen. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • Radovan Karadzic

    • Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jul 22, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster

      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 worked as a psychiatrist for years before entering politics. More »

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

    • Serbia Collars Karadzic for War Crimes

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 21, 08 5:40 PM CDT

      Serbia Collars Karadzic for War Crimes

      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 approving the murder of civilians in Sarajevo and later for organizing the genocide of 8,000 Muslim men in Bosnia. More »

  • May 2008

    • Pro-West Bloc Claims Win in Serbia

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 11, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Pro-West Bloc Claims Win in Serbia

      Serbia's president declared victory today as voters favored his pro-West bloc by 10 points in early returns, BBC reports. President Boris Tadic called the election a vote for EU integration but maintained his stand against an independent Kosovo. If Tadic's party wins, it still must forge a wider coalition—which rivals say they can beat with a larger nationalist alliance. More »

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      European Union  • election  • Serbia  • voting  • Boris Tadic

  • April 2008

    • Iraq's Secret $833M Arms Buy Raises Concern

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 13, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Iraq's Secret $833M Arms Buy Raises Concern

      A secret arms deal highlights Baghdad's trouble arming its troops and securing Iraq, the New York Times reports. Officials signed the $833 million deal with Serbia last month, without approval in Baghdad—and procured faulty or useless planes, tanks, and other arms. Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qadir defended the move, saying, “American timelines for delivery were too far away.” More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • military  • Serbia  • arms deal  • weapons  • Abdul Qadir

    • Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted of War Crimes

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted of War Crimes

      The UN's tribunal in the Hague has acquitted a former commander of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army of all charges of war crimes. Ramush Haradinaj, who also briefly served as the breakaway province's prime minister, was cleared of murder, persecution, rape and torture of Kosovo Serb civilians. The verdict threatens to inflame anti-Kosovo sentiment in Serbia, writes the New York Times . More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • war crimes  • The Hague  • international war crimes tribunal  • Ethnic Serbs

  • March 2008

    • Kosovo Eager for Freedom's Ring

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 27, 08 10:23 AM CDT

      Kosovo Eager for Freedom's Ring

      Kosovo has won recognition as an independent state from three dozen countries, but a call to the world's newest nation is a reminder of its history. Telephone numbers in Kosovo still begin with the old Serbian dialing code, and the breakaway republic now wants its own international prefix. It's not an isolated case, writes the Wall Street Journal : from Palestine to Taiwan, a country code can inspire as much patriotic fervor as a flag. More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • telecommunications  • independence  • Kosovar independence  • Yugoslavia

    • Brits Bust Quiet Locksmith Suspected in '91 War Crimes

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Mar 26, 08 2:38 PM CDT

      Brits Bust Quiet Locksmith Suspected in '91 War Crimes

      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, the Croatian town where hundreds of men were tortured, murdered, and buried in mass graves. More »

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

    • UN Cop Killed in Kosovo Riots

      newser  |  AFP  |  Mar 18, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      UN Cop Killed in Kosovo Riots

      A Ukrainian UN police officer has been killed and at least 40 UN or NATO personnel were injured as Serbs continued to exchange gunfire with NATO and UN forces, reports AFP. Some 70 Serbs were also wounded as yesterday's fighting in ethnically charged Mitrovica spilled over to today, including a man who fell into a coma after being shot in the head. More »

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      Russia  • United Nations  • NATO  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Mitrovica

    • UN Forces Withdraw From Kosovo Town

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 17, 08 9:55 AM CDT

      UN Forces Withdraw From Kosovo Town

      UN police trying to retake a courthouse were forced to withdraw from the Kosovo city of Mitrovica after clashes with ethnic Serbs, reports the BBC. NATO troops were left in charge of security after the worst violence since Kosovo declared independence; AFP reported at least 100 police and protesters were injured in struggles that included rocks, tear gas, and at least one grenade blast. More »

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      United Nations  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Albania  • NATO troops  • courthouse  • Serbs  • Mitrovica  • tear gas

    • Serbs Storm UN's Kosovo Courthouse

      newser  |  AFP  |  Mar 15, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Serbs Storm UN's Kosovo Courthouse

      Hundreds of Serbs smashed down gates at two United Nations-run courthouses in northern Kosovo yesterday and stormed the buildings, AFP reports. The mob, opposed to Kosovo's independence, hauled down the UN flag and hoisted the Serbian one. They clashed with UN police, pelting them with rocks and metal objects. NATO's secretary-general condemned the violence as an unacceptable provocation. More »

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      United Nations  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Kosovar independence  • courts  • Ethnic Serbs

    • Serbia Set for Snap Elections After Kosovo Spurs Collapse

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 13, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      Serbia Set for Snap Elections After Kosovo Spurs Collapse

      The president of Serbia dissolved parliament today, paving the way for early elections on May 11 that many are calling the country's most critical vote since the fall of strongman Slobodan Milosevic. Serbia's government collapsed over the weekend due to infighting over the fate of Kosovo and the country's prospect of membership in the European Union, reports Reuters. Early polls suggest the election will be close. More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Boris Tadic  • Slobodan Milosevic  • Belgrade riots

    • Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Mar 8, 08 11:47 AM CST

      Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

      Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica dissolved the government today, saying it had become paralyzed over disagreements on how to deal with Kosovo and EU membership. He proposed new elections for May. "We are lacking government unity,” said Kostunica, charging that his pro-Western coalition partners aren't being adamant enough about rejecting Kosovo's recent independence. More »

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      Great Britain  • France  • Germany  • European Union  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Belgrade  • Boris Tadic

  • February 2008

    • US Mission Reopens in Belgrade

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 27, 08 12:56 PM CST

      US Mission Reopens in Belgrade

      Workers were still cleaning up damage from last week’s violent demonstrations when the US embassy in Belgrade reopened today, Reuters reports. Protesters set fire to and ransacked the building last Thursday to protest the US’ support of Kosovo in the province's declaration of independence. Now, though the building still bears scars, it is once again open for business. More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • diplomat  • US Embassy  • Belgrade  • Belgrade riots

    • Russia Steps Up Support for Serbia

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 25, 08 4:46 AM CST

      Russia Steps Up Support for Serbia

      Unrest and uncertainty marked the one-week anniversary of Kosovo's independence as ethnic Serbs within Kosovo and around the world continued to protest, and Serbian ally Russia deployed top officials to Belgrade to meet with Serbian leaders, BBC reports. Serb protesters in northern Kosovo brandished posters of Vladimir Putin and a sign reading: "Russia Help!" More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Dmitry Medvedev  • Kosovar independence  • Ethnic Serbs

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