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NEWS ABOUT: Serbia

Serbia stories: 67 news summaries

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UN Convicts Serbian Officer of War Crimes

Tribunal's verdict draws fire from Croatia for 'shocking' leniency

Sep 28, 07 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Serb officer was convicted yesterday of aiding and abetting murder and torture, and sentenced to 20 years in prison by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, enraging Croatians, the Times of London reports. The case concerned the 1991 massacre at Vukovar, a Croatian town where hundreds of... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Croatia • Vukovar

US, EU Will
Back Kosovo Secession

Rice insists independence from Serbia is only option

Sep 25, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration and the EU will support an independent Kosovo with or without a UN-backed plan. Serbs and Kosovo Albanians will conduct a last round of negotiations on the breakaway country's status before a Dec. 10 deadline. If that deadline passes, Kosovo will declare independence and the US and... More »

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Bush administration • United Nations • Serbia • Condoleezza Rice • Kosovo

Djokovic Edges Nadal, Will Face Federer in Final

20-year old will close Rogers Cup against No. 1 world-ranked Federer

Aug 12, 07 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-3 Saturday night and will battle Roger Federer in the Rogers Cup final today. "This is one of the biggest wins of my career," 20-year old Djokovic told a reporter after the match. Djokovic held off three break points... More »

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Serbia • Roger Federer • tennis • Rafael Nadal • Novak Djokovic • Rogers Cup

Euro Heat Wave Kills Hundreds

Most victims are elderly; Hungary hit hardest

Jul 25, 07 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 500 people have died in the last week in the heat wave gripping central Europe. Most of the victims lived in Hungary, with some casualties reported in nearby Romania, the BBC reports. The elderly have been hardest hit. Temperatures in some areas have reached 107 degrees; the intense... More »

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Serbia • elderly • global warming • Europe • heat wave • Bulgaria • jet stream • Hungary • Macedonia

Former Serb Leader Guilty
of War Crimes

Led ethnic cleansing
of non-Serbs in early-90s Croatia

Jun 12, 07 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Serb rebel leader Milan Martic has been convicted of murder and other atrocities in Croatia in the early 1990s and sentenced to 35 years in jail. The international war crimes tribunal in the Hague found Martic guilty of ethnic cleansing of non-Serbs when he was leader of the so-called... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • Milan Martic • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Krajina Serb Republic • Croatia • Slobodan Milosevic

US and Russia Lock Horns over Kosovo, Missile Shield

Cold War fault lines rumble
at prelim G-8 summit

May 31, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US counterpart Condi Rice butted heads during a sit-down with G-8 foreign ministers yesterday, over US plans to grant Kosovo independence and build a missile defense shield in the region. The entire group endorsed freeing Kosovo from Serbian control, the Washington Post reports, except... More »

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Russia • Serbia • missile shield • Poland • anti missile bases • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Czech Republic • United States • Sergei Lavrov • Kosovo • independence • G8 summit • missile

Court Convicts 12 of Serbian PM's Murder

Gangsters, secret police guilty of 2003 assassination

May 23, 07 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Belgrade court convicted twelve men of the murder of Zoran Djindjic, the pro-Western PM of Serbia who was gunned down in 2003. The dozen defendants included alleged mobsters and members of the secret police; the two ringleaders will go away for 40 years after what Serbs called the "... More »

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Serbia • murder • Zoran Djindjic • The Hague • conspiracy • Slobodan Milosevic • Belgrade • assassination

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