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 Karadzic Arrest
 Shows the Hague's Value

Even warrants can hurt bad actors

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

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

UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

Former UN war crimes prosecutor alleges organ-harvesting happened during 1999 war

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

More about:  Kosovo • war crimes • Albania • Balkans • organ harvesting • Yugoslavia • Serbs • organ trafficking

Kosovo
Eager for
Freedom's Ring

New nation resents being stuck with Serbian dialing code

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

More about:  Serbia • Kosovo • telecommunications • independence • Kosovar independence • Yugoslavia

UPDATED

Body Found After Embassy Riot

Protesters upset over Kosovo set fire to US mission in Belgrade

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Feb 21, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Serb protesters angry about Kosovo independence set the US embassy in Belgrade on fire today, and at least one charred body has been found, the Los Angeles Times reports. The victim apparently is a protester because all US personnel have been accounted for. The fire, now under control, came after an estimated 150,000 marched through the city to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence Sunday. More »

More about:  protests • Serbia • Kosovo • US Embassy • Kosovar independence • Vojislav Kostunica • Belgrade • Yugoslavia • Tomislav Nikolic

Noah's Flood Transformed Agriculture

Melting glaciers inundated Black Sea, scattered farmers

Reuters Reuters Nov 19, 07 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The real-life inspiration for the biblical flood may have been responsible for the widespread adoption of agriculture in Europe, according to a new study. About 8,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, ice sheets melted, causing massive flooding in the Black Sea basin. That forced farmers to disperse, and they migrated to new areas where people still relied on hunting and gathering. More »

More about:  France • Italy • Turkey • Europe • flood • agriculture • farming • Balkans • Black Sea • Yugoslavia • Noah's Ark

Surrealist Simic Named Poet Laureate

15th national bard known for his dark humor and irony

New York Times New York Times Aug 2, 07 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Simic, a surrealist poet whose style gleams with dark imagery and ironic humor, will be named the United States' 15th poet laureate today. The 69-year-old, who replaces fellow New Hampshirite Donald Hall, has published more than 20 volumes of poetry as well as essay collections, translations and a memoir. More »

More about:  literature • America • humor • poetry • Library of Congress • Yugoslavia • Pulitzer Prize • creative writing • irony • poet laureate

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