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  • August 2008

    • Invasion Shows Putin's Clout

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 12, 08 5:49 PM CDT

      Invasion Shows Putin's Clout

      (Newser) - Russia’s military campaign in Georgia is a clear signal that Vladimir Putin is neither gone nor forgotten, reports the Wall Street Journal . Domination of the Caucasus region has long been a central tenet of Putin’s foreign policy, and the PM was especially visible this week, supporting the invasion and berating the US. The invasion—both sides have agreed to a cease-fire for the time being—proves Putin will draw a hard, bloody line against NATO expansion. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • Vladimir Putin  • Dmitry Medvedev  • South Ossetia  • Kosovo  • former Soviet state

  • July 2008

    • Gift Cows Give Hope to Kosovo War Widows

      Radio Free Netherlands  |  Jul 12, 08 8:28 PM CDT

      Gift Cows Give Hope to Kosovo War Widows

      (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 earn money by selling milk. Each is obliged to give their cow's first-born calf to another woman. More »

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

  • April 2008

    • NATO Warns Russia Over Georgia Buildup

      BBC  |  Apr 30, 08 2:44 PM CDT

      NATO Warns Russia Over Georgia Buildup

      (Newser) - NATO chided Russia today for sending additional troops into the breakaway Georgian provinces, saying the show of force “undermined Georgia’s territorial integrity,” the BBC reports. The alliance also warned Tbilisi against exacerbating the situation: Georgia has warned against Russian intervention, and, according to Moscow, also increased troop levels in a region of Abkhazia still controlled by the Georgian government. More »

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      Georgia  • Vladimir Putin  • NATO  • Kosovo  • Moscow  • Abkhazia  • Tbilisi  • separatists

    • UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 12, 08 11:45 AM CDT

      UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

      (Newser) - Kosovan guerrillas killed Serb prisoners and harvested their organs for profit during Balkan fighting nearly a decade ago, according to the former UN prosecutor for war crimes in Yugoslavia. Carla del Ponte alleges that guerrillas trucked 300 captured Serbs over the border to a makeshift clinic in Albania, removed their kidneys, then killed them later for other organs. More »

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      Kosovo  • war crimes  • Albania  • Balkans  • organ harvesting  • Yugoslavia  • Serbs  • organ trafficking

    • Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted of War Crimes

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

      Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted of War Crimes

      (Newser) - 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

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

      Kosovo Eager for Freedom's Ring

      (Newser) - 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

    • Clinton, Obama Both Inflate Senate Records

      Washington Post  |  Mar 24, 08 1:21 PM CDT

      Clinton, Obama Both Inflate Senate Records

      (Newser) - Barack Obama didn’t take part in meetings on immigration legislation in 2006, recalls Arlen Specter, one of the handful of senators who did, but Specter just shrugs when the Illinois Democrat says he did. “It’s not an unusual matter for senators to take a little extra credit,” Specter says—and both Obama and Hillary Clinton have taken liberal helpings so far, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Senate  • Kosovo  • Arlen Specter  • Chris Dodd  • SCHIP  • experience  • Orrin Hatch  • Northern Ireland peace deal

    • UN Cop Killed in Kosovo Riots

      AFP  |  Mar 18, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      UN Cop Killed in Kosovo Riots

      (Newser) - 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

      BBC  |  Mar 17, 08 9:55 AM CDT

      UN Forces Withdraw From Kosovo Town

      (Newser) - 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

      AFP  |  Mar 15, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Serbs Storm UN's Kosovo Courthouse

      (Newser) - 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

      Reuters  |  Mar 13, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      Serbia Set for Snap Elections After Kosovo Spurs Collapse

      (Newser) - 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

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 8, 08 11:47 AM CST

      Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

      (Newser) - 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.